Another Win for the Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
2010 BIA order reopened sua sponte based on a change of law and whether a DUI in Arizona on a suspended license is a crime…
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CA9 Finds California Conviction for Making Threats “With Intent to Terrorize” to be CIMT
The court held that a conviction for making threats “with intent to terrorize” in violation of California Penal Code § 422 is a crime involving…
Robbery under CA Penal Code §211 is a crime involving moral turpitude
The court found reasonable the BIA’s determination that robbery under Cal. Penal Code §211 is a crime involving moral turpitude for purposes of INA §212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I).…
Misdemeanor false imprisonment in violation of CA Penal Code §236
The court held that misdemeanor false imprisonment in violation of Cal. Penal Code §236 is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. (Saavedra-Figueroa v. Holder,…
Failure to register as a sex offender
The court remanded to determine whether failure to register as a sex offender in violation of Wisconsin Statute §301.45(2)(a) is a crime involving moral turpitude…
Crimes of Moral Turpitude
Alien’s conviction for credit card fraud in violation of California Penal Code Sec. 532a(1) was a crime involving moral turpitude. Absent an explicit adverse credibility…
Crimes of Moral Turpitude
The term “moral turpitude” means an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties owing to one’s fellow man or society…