United States Seventh Circuit
FLORES-LEON v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV., 00-1128
8 USC 1101(a)(43)(A)'s definition of an "aggravated felony" may apply to an immigrant's prior convictions that occurred before the law's effective date.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/28/2001
- Decided 11/14/2001
- Published 11/14/2001
Judges
- KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, JR., KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Royal F. Berg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Jennifer Giambastiani, INS, Chicago, IL, Allen W. Hausman, Emily Radford, Brian Slocum (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent INS., Brian Slocum (argued), John D. Ashcroft, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent John D. Ashcroft.