United States Ninth Circuit

The immigration judge's finding of removability under 8 U.S.C. section 1227(a)(6)(A), for voting in violation of Hawaii law, is reversed where plaintiff did not have the requisite mental state to have violated the statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/07/2005
• Decided 03/02/2005
• Published 03/02/2005

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge., Before:  FERGUSON, NOONAN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart I. Folinsky (briefed and argued), Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy Friedman (argued) and Barry J. Pettinato (briefed), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.