United States Ninth Circuit

A state court's expungement of felony conviction will not affect an alien's removability for having a felony conviction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/12/2001
• Decided 08/14/2001
• Published 08/14/2001

Judges

• Before:  CANBY, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Franquinha (argued), Stender & Larkin, Phoenix, Arizona, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ashley Tabaddor (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, D.C., and Margaret Perry, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondents.