United States Ninth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeal's denial of a petition for appeal of an order finding petitioner removable is reversed and granted where petitioner's conviction did not constitute an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(B), or a violation of a statute relating to controlled substances under 8 U.S.C. section 1227(a)(2)(B)(i).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/12/2003
• Decided 10/10/2003
• Published 10/10/2003

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before: NOONAN, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bertram Polis,Polis & Sadacca, Tucson, Arizona, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Papu Sandhu, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.