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Date: 02-19-2025
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Case Number: A 062 084 29
Judge: Davis
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati (Hamilton County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Cincinnti, Ohio immigration lawyer reprtesented the Defendant appealing a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) provides that any noncitizen who has been convicted of an aggravated felony is deportable. 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Aggravated felonies include “illicit trafficking in a controlled substance,”
id. § 1101(a)(43)(B), which, in turn, includes Controlled Substance Act (“CSA”) offenses that are punishable by more than one year of imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(2), 3559(a)(1)–(5). A state drug-trafficking conviction qualifies as an aggravated felony if the state law “proscribes conduct punishable as a felony under [the CSA].” Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47, 60 (2006).
Outcome: Affirmed
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