UNITED STATES v. NUNEZ-GARCIA

No. 20-6710.

31 F.4th 861 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose NUNEZ-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Erin Margaret Trodden , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for Appellant. Samuel Cagle Juhan , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Juval O. Scott , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Daniel P. Bubar , Acting United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, Jean B. Hudson , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Niemeyer joined.


Petitioner Jose Nunez-Garcia, a naturalized United States citizen, received advice from counsel in 2010 that because of his newly obtained citizenship, his guilty plea to one count of conspiring to possess, with the intent to distribute, methamphetamine and mixtures containing methamphetamine would not subject him to deportation...

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