SIJAPATI v. BOENTE

No. 15-1204, No. 15-1804.

848 F.3d 210 (2017)

Ashish SIJAPATI, Petitioner, v. Dana James BOENTE, Acting Attorney General, Respondent. Ashish Sijapati, Petitioner, v. Dana James Boente, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Benjamin Winograd , IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE APPELLATE CENTER, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Petitioner. Laura Halliday Hickein , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Irina Manelis , DYER IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP, P.C., Henrico, Virginia, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Shelley R. Goad , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petitions for review denied by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Keenan joined.


Petitioner Ashish Sijapati, a native and citizen of Nepal, seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") finding him removable under Section 237(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i). That section authorizes the removal of any alien who "is convicted...

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