United States Ninth Circuit

In the context of immigration proceedings, time spent in pre-trial detention, which is credited as time served in a sentence imposed after conviction, is considered to be confinement as a result of a conviction within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(f)(7).

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/09/2007
• Decided 01/14/2008
• Published 01/14/2008

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SIDNEY R. THOMAS, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alexander H. Lubarsky, Community Legal Centers, San Mateo, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Song E. Park and David Schor, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.