DABONE v. KARN

No. 84-1372.

763 F.2d 593 (1985)

Haruna DABONE, Appellant, v. Lyle L. KARN, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, District No. 4.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Rudnick, argued, Orlow, Fuller, Rubin & Steel, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Lauri S. Filppu, Deputy Director, James A. Hunolt, Millicent Clark, argued, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice-Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, GIBBONS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

I.

Facts

Petitioner Haruna Dabone, a citizen of Ghana, entered this country lawfully as a permanent resident alien on June 12, 1977, pursuant to his marriage to a United States citizen. Dabone was engaged in the import-export business dealing in Ghanaian goods. On June 19, 1979, following a trip abroad, he was arrested and charged with possession of fifteen pounds of marijuana. Following...

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