Ruis-Rubio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
CitationRuis-Rubio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, 380 F.2d 29 (9th Cir. 1967)
Decision Date06 November 1967
Docket NumberNo. 21393.,21393.
PartiesNicolas RUIS-RUBIO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

Jose G. Villarreal, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Wm. Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Frederick M. Brosio, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief Civ. Div., William P. Lamb, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph Sureck, Reg. Atty., I.N.S., San Pedro, Cal., Steve Suffin, Atty., I.N.S., San Francisco, Cal., Ramsey Clark, Atty. Gen. of U. S., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and ELY, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON, District Judge.

Certiorari Denied November 6, 1967. See 88 S.Ct. 302.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Ruis-Rubio, a Mexican citizen, was admitted to the United States for permanent residence in 1960. In 1965, after entering a plea of nolo contendere, he was convicted of possession of marijuana in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The Immigration Service then commenced proceedings to get petitioner deported under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (11), which provides for deportation when an alien is convicted of violating any marijuana law. In due course the special inquiry officer ordered petitioner deported, which order was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Petitioner claims that a judgment of guilty in state court after a plea of nolo contendere does not constitute a "conviction" within the meaning of 8 U. S.C. § 1251(a) (11). He argues that such a judgment can't be used against him in a subsequent unrelated civil proceeding. While it may be true, as petitioner maintains, that a guilty judgment following a nolo contendere plea can not be...

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