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· 3/9/2009

Ghani v. Holder

Citations

  • 557 F.3d 836
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5138
  • 2009 WL 579247

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that because the appellant “failed to raise this argument before the IJ or the BIA,” it was waived
  • characterizing the petitioner's claim that his prior conviction was constitutionally infirm as a collateral attack of his prior conviction
  • characterizing the petitioner’s claim that his prior conviction was constitutionally infirm as a collateral attack of his prior conviction
  • finding ineffective assistance of counsel claim, alleging counsel’s failure to raise an affirmative defense based on the lack of an indictment, waived by guilty plea because it did not challenge the voluntary and intelligent nature of the plea itself
  • a violation of § 1001 is a CIMT as that term is used in the INA
  • \almost all courts have held that intentionally deceiving the government involves moral turpitude.\

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Judges: Posner, Ripple and Tinder, Circuit Judges

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