United States Sixth Circuit

Petitions for review of denial a motion to terminate immigration proceedings and a reconsideration motion are denied where the case was distinguishable from Pickering v. Gonzales, 465 F.3d 263 (6th Cir. 2006), since a state court's vacatur of petitioner's conviction was ineffective for immigration purposes because it was done solely for the purpose of ameliorating the immigration consequences to petitioner.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2007
• Published 01/23/2007

Judges

• Before:  SILER, McKEAGUE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner.  Mary Jane Candaux, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner.   Mary Jane Candaux, Mark C. Walters, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.