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WRIGHT v. OUELLETTE

No. 97-2064.

171 F.3d 8 (1999)

Joshua WRIGHT, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Jean R. OUELLETTE, Acting District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Brill for the appellant.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director, Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant Director, Karen A. Hunold, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Ethan B. Kanter, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, were on briefs, for the appellee.

Before BOUDIN, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Joshua Wright is a native of Jamaica who has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for over twenty years. He is the father of several children, whom he supports and who are American citizens. Wright is also a felon: a decade ago he was convicted of possessing, with intent to distribute, 2.8 grams of cocaine (worth $150.00). He served two years in prison and deportation proceedings were started in 1992. At the time, Wright filed...

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