United States Eleventh Circuit

Because both parties agreed at oral argument that plaintiff would be eligible to apply for discretionary relief under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act had he not been found deportable on this basis, the BIA's finding that he was deportable on the basis of a firearms offense is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2003
• Published 06/30/2003

Judges

• KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, PRYOR and KRAVITCH , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael G. Smith (Court-Appointed), Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel Meron, Regina Byrd, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., David V. Bernal, U.S. Dept. of Justice/Civ. Div./OIL, Washington, DC, Edward P. Lazarus, William A. Norris, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.