United States Eighth Circuit

An order denying petitioner's application for cancellation of removal is reversed where, based on the recent decision in Lopez v. Gonzalez, 127 S.Ct. 625 (2006), his state-law convictions for possession of marijuana and cocaine were not aggravated felonies for purposes of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2007
• Published 04/02/2007

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, HEANEY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Warren Hoff, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jane Rund, AUSA, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.