United States Second Circuit

Order of removal is upheld where first-degree manslaughter conviction in violation of N.Y. Penal Law sections 125.20(1) or (2) constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. section 16(b), making petitioner removable from the U.S. as an alien convicted of an "aggravated felony" under 8 U.S.C. section 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2006
• Published 05/09/2006

Judges

• Before:  CALABRESI, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew L. Friedman, Wilens & Baker, P.C., New York, New York, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Holden, Assistant United States Attorney (Sara L. Shudofsky, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief) for David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York, for Respondent.