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An alien convicted of an aggravated felony is deportable from the United States.  Under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), however, certain classes of lawful permanent residents convicted of deportable offenses are eligible to apply for a waiver of deportation.  In Pereira v. Gonzales, the First Circuit Court of Appeals considered, for the first time, whether an alien who was erroneously denied the opportunity to apply for section 212(c) relief may be entitled to nunc pro tunc relief to rectify an error in immigration proceedings.  The court held that nunc pro tunc relief is unavailable to remedy an agency’s erroneous interpretation of law. . . .