United States First Circuit

Under Rhode Island law, control of a firearm constitutes constructive possession of a firearm and is thus a deportable defense under federal immigration law and not subject to appellate review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2000
• Published 11/01/2000

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and CASELLAS, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randy Olen, Esq. for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lorri Shealy Unumb, with whom David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, and John L. Davis, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, were on brief for respondent.