United States Second Circuit

Order of removal from U.S. as a result of conviction for assault of a peace officer in violation of Connecticut General Statutes section 53a-167c(a)(1), a crime of violence making petitioner eligible for removal as an aggravated felon, is upheld over claim that section 53a-167c(a)(1) cannot be cleanly divided between conduct that is categorically a crime of violence and conduct that is not categorically a crime of violence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/19/2006

Judges

• KARAS, District Judge., Before:  MINER, RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and KARAS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roberto Tschudin Lucheme, Glastonbury, Connecticut, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lara K. Eshkenazi, Assistant United States Attorney (Sara L. Shudofsky, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel) for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York, for Respondents.