United States Ninth Circuit

The en banc court rules that petitioner is not removable for his 2003 Arizona conviction for domestic violence since it was not a "crime of domestic violence" under a federal statute that triggers removal of a legally admitted resident alien from the U.S., and the matter is returned to the original panel for resolution of the remaining issues.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2006
• Published 10/26/2006

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge., Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, JOHN T. NOONAN, and FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Erica K. Rocush, Tucson, AR, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General;  David V. Bernal, Assistant Director;  and S. Nicole Nardone, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.