JOBSON v. ASHCROFT

Docket No. 02-4019.

326 F.3d 367 (2003)

Damaine Antonio JOBSON, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Guadagno (Alan Michael Strauss, Kerry William Bretz and Jules E. Coven, on the brief), Bretz & Coven, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Megan L. Brackney, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Kathy S. Marks and Gideon A. Schor, of counsel), for Respondent.

Deirdre D. Von Dornum (Paul A. Engelmayer, on the brief), Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York, NY; Jonathan E. Gradess; Manuel D. Vargas; for Amicus Curiae New York State Defenders Association, in support of Petitioner.

Before: FEINBERG, SACK and MURTHA, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Damaine Antonio Jobson petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from a removal order issued by an immigration judge (IJ). The IJ and the BIA found Jobson deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony. Specifically, they found that Jobson's offense of conviction, manslaughter in the second degree under New York Penal Law (N.Y...

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