The following excerpt is from Nwobu v. I.N.S., 907 F.2d 155 (9th Cir. 1990):
Appellant claims he was denied an opportunity to change counsel, influenced to his detriment by the judge's comments on the likelihood of conviction should the case go to trial, and coerced into entering a no contest plea. Such claims are foreclosed in deportation proceedings, for "[t]he INS may not examine the validity of a conviction for deportation purposes." Avila-Murrieta v. INS, 762 F.2d 733, 736 (9th Cir.1985); see also Ocon-Perez v. INS, 550 F.2d 1153, 1154 (9th Cir.1977).
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