Petition for review of the BIA’s order removing petitioner from the U.S. based on a prior controlled substance offense is granted where 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(48)’s definition of “conviction” did not include criminal judgments whose only consequence was a suspended non-incarceratory sanction.
Read Retuta v. Holder, No. 04-74855
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted October 6, 2009
Filed January 7, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Pollak
Counsel
For Petitioner:
James Todd Bennett, El Cerrito, CA
For Respondent:
Bryan Stuart Beier, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
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