United States Eleventh Circuit

Petition for review challenging decision finding petitioner removable as an aggravated felon on the basis of his simple battery conviction is denied as over petitioner's claims that: 1) his conviction does not constitute a crime of violence; and 2) he was not convicted of an aggravated felony as he was not sentenced to at least twelve months' imprisonment on his simple battery conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/18/2008
• Published 01/18/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie A. Diaz, H. Glenn Fogle, Jr., The Fogle Law Firm, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony Cardozo Payne, David V. Bernal, Liza S. Murcia, Russell J.E. Verby, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Respondent.