LOVAN v. HOLDER

No. 10-3031.

659 F.3d 653 (2011)

Chanh LOVAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Schwartz , argued, Mark T. Wanek , Matthew A. Warner-Blankenship , Marcy Brant, on the brief, Iowa City, IA, for petitioner.

Brooke Maurer , argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before LOKEN, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Chanh Lovan, a citizen of Laos and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, was convicted of sexually abusing a child in 1991 and served thirteen months in prison. He traveled to Laos in 2002 under a permit issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), returning to the United States one month later. He re-entered without challenge, but INS commenced removal proceedings when he applied for naturalization later that year...

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