LIRANZO v. U.S.

Docket No. 11-61.

690 F.3d 78 (2012)

Viterbo LIRANZO, aka Viterbo Ignacio Liranzo Dicent, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence K. Katz , Katz & Kreinces LLP, Mineola, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James H. Knapp ( Margaret M. Kolbe , Varuni Nelson , on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: SACK, RAGGI, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


SACK, Circuit Judge:

In March 2006, plaintiff Viterbo Liranzo, a United States citizen, completed a term of incarceration in New York State prison for felony possession of a controlled substance. Before his release, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") erroneously identified him as a permanent resident alien who had been convicted of a felony, which rendered him subject to removal.1 He was released to the custody of...

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