Guzman-Rivadeneira came to the U.S. from Ecuador. In 1993 he was convicted in California of possession of counterfeit prescription blanks. After returning to Ecuador, he returned to the U.S. and became a lawful permanent resident because his mother is a U.S. citizen. On his application, he falsely responded that he had never been arrested or convicted of a crime. In 2012, Guzman-Rivadeneira pled guilty to a controlled substance misdemeanor. Guzman-Rivadeneira returned from another trip abroad in 2014 and was charged as removable for: conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude (1993 conviction), 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I); conviction of a controlled substance offense; procurement of a visa by fraud; and lack of a valid entry document. He argued that a 1997 California court order reducing the 1993 conviction to a misdemeanor should be given retroactive effect; that he was eligible for a discretionary waiver of removability for his visa fraud, and that as a legal permanent resident he would be eligible for cancellation of other grounds of removal. The BIA upheld the IJ’s denial of relief. The Seventh Circuit declined a petition based on the “moral turpitude” issue. Guzman-Rivadeneira’s original lawyer conceded that the 1993 conviction involved moral turpitude, and in appealing to the BIA, his new lawyer did not seek relief from that concession, not did she take the steps needed to claim ineffective assistance of counsel. Guzman-Rivadeneira v. Lynch, No. 14-3734 (7th Cir. 2016)
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