United States Second Circuit

Under 8 USC 1227(a)(2)(C) of the INA, a conviction for conspiracy to export firearms and ammunition under 18 USC 371 and 22 USC 2778 inherently requires possession of firearms and qualifies as a "firearms offense" making an alien removable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/14/2001
• Decided 10/03/2001
• Published 10/03/2001

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:, Before: CARDAMONE, LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and AMON , District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. Kolken, Buffalo, N.Y. (Eric W. Schultz, Sacks & Kolken, Buffalo, NY), of counsel and on the brief for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hugh G. Mullane, Senior Litigation Counsel, Washington, DC (David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, David J. Kline, Deputy Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC), of counsel for Respondents-Appellees.