DESAI v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1831.

520 F.3d 762 (2008)

Umang DESAI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon M. Shepherd (argued), Azulay, Horn & Seiden, Stanley J. Horn, Hornn Khalaf, Abuzir, Mitchell & Schmidt, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Thomas B. Fatouros (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Umang Desai was charged as a removable alien by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") because he was convicted of violating a law relating to a federal controlled substance. The offense at issue is an Illinois law that punishes individuals for distributing substances that substantially resemble controlled substances. Because we find that there is a sufficient connection between these Look-Alike Substances and actual controlled substances...

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