Santa Usuga v. INS

USCA1 Opinion




[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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No. 95-1058

NABOR JESUS SANTA USUGA,

Petitioner,

v.

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,

Respondent.


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ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER

OF THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS

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Before

Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________
Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges. ______________

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Frank M. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Alexander H. Shapiro _______________ ____________________
and Robert Kendall, Jr., Attorneys, Office of Immigration Litigation, ___________________
Department of Justice, Civil Division, on Respondent's Opposition to
Stay of Deportation.


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April 13, 1995
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Per Curiam. We vacate this court's January 17, 1995 __________

stay of deportation and summarily deny the petition for

judicial review because petitioner is not entitled to any

relief in this court. Loc. R. 27.1.

The record before the Board fully supported the

deportation order and denial of relief from deportation.

While petitioner now claims that he was not warned of the

immigration consequences of admitting sufficient facts, and

he argues that those convictions are therefore invalid under

Mass. G. L. ch. 278, 29D, see Commonwealth v. Mahadeo, 397 ___ _______________________

Mass. 314 (1986), petitioner may not collaterally attack his

criminal convictions in the context of deportation

proceedings. Gouveia v. INS, 980 F.2d 814 (1st Cir. 1992). ______________

Petitioner's contention that he has not been convicted

of a "trafficking" offense or an "aggravated felony" is

incorrect and ignores the definitions of those terms.

United States v. Rodriguez, 26 F.3d 4, 6 (1st Cir. 1994); ___________________________

United States v. Forbes, 16 F.3d 1294, 1300-01 (1st Cir. ________________________

1994); Amaral v. INS, 977 F.2d 33, 35-36 (1st Cir. 1992). _____________

Nor has petitioner shown eligibility for discretionary

relief. Michelson v. INS, 897 F.2d 465, 469 (10th Cir. 1990) ________________

(alien, who entered as a visitor, but remained longer than

permitted, was not "lawfully admitted for permanent

residence" and therefore was not eligible for 212(c)

relief).



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The petition for judicial review is summarily denied.



















































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