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CARACHURI-ROSENDO v. HOLDER

No. 09-60.

130 S.Ct. 2577 (2010)

560 U.S. 563

Jose Angel CARACHURI-ROSENDO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sri Srinivasan, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Nicole A. Saharsky, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Geoffrey A. Hoffman, University of Houston, Law Center, Houston, TX, Sri Srinivasan, Counsel of Record, Irving L. Gornstein, Loren L. Alikhan, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DImmigration and Nationality Act, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler, Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitors General, Nicole A. Saharsky, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Donald E. Keener, W. Manning Evans, Saul Greenstein, Andrew MacLachlan, Holly M. Smith, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Justice STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo, a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since he was five years old, faced deportation under federal law after he committed two misdemeanor drug possession offenses in Texas. For the first, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, he received 20 days in jail. For the second, possession without a prescription of one tablet of a common antianxiety...

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