United States Third Circuit

For purposes of the jurisdictional bar found in 8 U.S.C. section 1252(a)(2)(C), an alien is not "removable for reason of having committed [an enumerated] criminal offense" unless the final order of removal is grounded, at least in part, on one of those enumerated offenses.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/29/2005
• Decided 04/10/2006
• Published 04/10/2006

Judges

• Before ROTH, RENDELL and BARRY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eamonn S. Dornan, (Argued), Smith, Dornan & Dehn, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant Director, John M. McAdams, Jr., (Argued), Douglas E. Ginsburg, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.