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PUELLO v. BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

Docket No. 06-0735-cv.

511 F.3d 324 (2007)

Manuel PUELLO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Guadagno, (Jules E. Coven, Kerry W. Bretz, of counsel) Bretz & Coven, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

F. James Loprest, Special Assistant United States Attorney (Kathy S. Marks, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel) for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: CABRANES, SACK, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:

This case calls on us to decide when a "conviction" occurs for purposes of the naturalization provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f)(8) (as amended by the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub.L. 101-649, Title V, 104 Stat. 4978, 5051 (Nov. 29, 1990)). The petitioner-appellant, Manuel Puello, appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John F. Keenan, ...

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