ADEFEMI v. ASHCROFT

No. 00-15783.

335 F.3d 1269 (2003)

Albert ADEFEMI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, as Attorney General of U.S., Ms. Rosemary Melville, as the District Director for INS, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Smith (Court-Appointed), Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Regina Byrd, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., David V. Bernal, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and FULLAM, District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Albert Adefemi, a citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, challenging its determination that the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") presented sufficient evidence to demonstrate that he could be deported on the basis of a firearms offense.

After entering the United States in 1977 without inspection, Adefemi became a lawful temporary resident on August 17, 1987 and a permanent...

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