SILVA v. GONZALES

No. 05-2633.

455 F.3d 26 (2006)

Marco SILVA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Rubin and Law Offices of Jeffrey B. Rubin, P.C., on brief, for petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Margot L. Nadel, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, on brief, for respondent.

Before SELYA, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Marco Silva, is a Portuguese national and a lawful permanent resident of the United States. He seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) finding him removable by reason of his commission of an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Concluding, as we do, that the petitioner's conviction for statutory rape constituted a conviction...

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