GORDON v. BARR

No. 19-1539.

965 F.3d 252 (2020)

Conroy Steve GORDON, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Amicus Supporting Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samantha Shinsato Lee , WILEY REIN, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jenny Kim , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Sabatino Fioravante Leo , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Adina Appelbaum , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Anthony P. Nicastro , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Khaled Alrabe , NATIONAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amicus Curiae.

Petition for review granted, order of removal vacated, and remanded with directions by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Rushing joined.


In this case, we consider whether Conroy Gordon's prior misdemeanor conviction under Virginia Code § 18.2-280(A), for willful discharge of "any firearm" in a public place without resulting bodily injury, qualifies as a federal "firearm offense" for purposes of removal under the Immigration and Nationality...

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