FEESS, District Judge:
This case presents the question whether an alien may avoid the immigration consequences of a drug conviction as a "first time offender" when, as the result of a previous arrest for drug possession, he was granted "pretrial diversion" under a state rehabilitation scheme that did not require him to plead guilty. We hold that he may not.
I.
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Petitioner William de Jesus Melendez appeals from...
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