Category Archives: Domestic battery

CA7 affirms removal for Violation of Order of Protection to stay away from Petitioner, threats of violence and bodily injury not required

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Mike Baker

Court did not err in finding that alien was statutorily ineligible to obtain cancellation of removal relief, where alien had 2010 State of Illinois conviction for violating domestic order. Under 8 USC section 1227(a)(2)(E)(ii), alien is removable where court has … Continue reading →

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CA7 upholds denial of non LPR Cancellation of Removal due to aggravated felony conviction for domestic battery

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Mike Baker

§ 1229b. Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status (a) Cancellation of removal for certain permanent residents. The Attorney General may cancel removal in the case of an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the United States if the alien– … Continue reading →

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BIA Finds Conviction for Violating Kansas No-Contact Provision Is a Removable Offense

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Mike Baker

A conviction for violation of the no-contact provision of a protection order issued under the Kansas Protection from Abuse Act constitutes a removable offense under INA §237(a)(2)(E)(ii). Matter of Strydom, 25 I&N Dec. 507 (BIA 2011). The Board held that a … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Holds that Florida Battery Conviction Was Not “Violent Felony”

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Mike Baker

In a case with implications for aliens facing domestic violence deportation charges or with aggravated-felony crime of violence convictions, the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. U.S., 2010 WL 693687, held that the Florida felony offense of battery by “[a]ctually … Continue reading →

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BIA Holds that California Conviction for Infliction of Corporal Injury on Spouse Is Crime of Violence

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Mike Baker

The BIA held in Matter of Perez Ramirez, 25 I. & N. Dec. 203 (B.I.A. Mar. 17, 2010), that (1) where a criminal alien’s sentence has been modified to include a term of imprisonment following a violation of probation, the … Continue reading →

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