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NIJHAWAN v. HOLDER

No. 08-495.

129 S.Ct. 2294 (2009)

557 U.S. 29

174 L.Ed.2d 22

Manoj NIJHAWAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Curtis E. Gannon, for Respondent.

Peter C. Salerno, New York, NY, Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Michael F. Hertz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Donald E. Keener, Jennifer J. Keeney, W. Manning Evans, Holly M. Smith, Andrew C. Maclachlan, Saul Greenstein, Erica B. Miles, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Federal immigration law provides that any "alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after admission is deportable." 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) (emphasis added). A related statute defines "aggravated felony" in terms of a set of listed offenses that includes "an offense...

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