United States Third Circuit

The district court is reversed and remanded to determine whether petitioner's state crime was either a state drug trafficking felony or the equivalent of a federal drug felony, making him ineligible for a waiver, and unable to block removal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/26/2003
• Published 11/26/2003

Judges

• Before ALITO, AMBRO, and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tatiana S. Aristova, Philadelphia, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney, Virginia A. Gibson, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Civil Division, Stephen J. Britt, Susan R. Becker, Assistant United States Attorney, Philadelphia, for Appellee.