Buchowiecki-Kortkiewicz v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Buchowiecki-Kortkiewicz v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, 455 F.2d 972 (9th Cir. 1972)
Buchowiecki-Kortkiewicz v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion of the Court
The decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which has ordered the deportation of Buchowiecki-Kortkiewicz, is affirmed. Also, the denial in district court of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed.
Appellant primarily attacks on a constitutional basis the classification in the statute which permits his plea of guilty to possession of marijuana in violation of a California state penal statute to be a basis for deportation.
Congress had made the classification and we cannot say that it has no rational basis.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Gabriel Edgardo BUCHOWIECKI-KORTKIEWICZ v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent Application of Gabriel Edgardo BUCHOWIECKI-KORTKIEWICZ, etc., and v. Donald T. WILLIAMS, Acting District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California, and
- Status
- Published