United States Ninth Circuit

Aliens have an equal protection right to have an expungement in a native country recognised in removal proceedings if the offense would have qualified for first offender treatment had it occurred in the United States.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2001
• Decided 09/14/2001
• Published 09/14/2001

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER, FERNANDEZ, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul A. Davis,Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, Jimmy W. Go, Go & Laster, Portland, Oregon, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew R. Hall, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.