United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal from an order of deportation finding an alien excludable from the U.S., possession of a visa did not foreclose the propriety of a "second look" by an immigration officer at a port of entry, and an alien admitted to the commission of the essential elements of a controlled substance violation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2001
• Decided 06/25/2002
• Published 06/25/2002

Judges

• Before: THOMPSON, O'SCANNLAIN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James A. Stanton, Honolulu, HI, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey J. Bernstein, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondents.