CHERY v. GARLAND

Nos. 18-1036, 18-1835(L), 19-223(Con) AUGUST TERM 2020.

16 F.4th 980 (2021)

Jimmy CHERY, aka Kevin Junior Chery, Kimanie Tavoy Graham, Petitioners, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elyssa N. Williams , The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY, for Petitioners.

David J. Schor , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division ( Jeffery Bossert Clark , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Kohsei Ugumori , Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent in 18-1036.

Tim Ramnitz , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division ( Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Shelley R. Goad , Assistant Director, on the brief), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent in 18-1835(L), 19-223(Con.).

Before: NEWMAN, CABRANES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


These petitions for review present two questions: first, whether convictions under Connecticut General Statute ("CGS") § 21a-277(a), as in effect at the time of Petitioners' convictions in 2014, are controlled substance or aggravated felony drug trafficking offenses...

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