ELERI v. SESSIONS

No. 13-73455.

852 F.3d 879 (2017)

Charles Chukwumeze ELERI, AKA Charles C. Eleri, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph LaCome (argued), San Rafael, California, for Petitioner.

Colette Jabes Winston (argued), Attorney; Janette L. Allen and Kiley Kane , Senior Litigation Counsel; Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Before: Jacqueline H. Nguyen and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, District Judge.


OPINION

The issue presented here is whether the Attorney General has the discretion to grant a waiver of inadmissibility to a conditional permanent resident who has been convicted of an aggravated felony as opposed to a lesser offense involving moral turpitude. 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I). In the latter...

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