Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Practice Area: Immigration Law
Industry: Federal Government
Date Filed: 2017-05-30
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Alex Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Alex Kozinski, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Richard R. Clifton, Carlos T. Bea, Sandra S. Ikuta, Mary H. Murguia, Morgan Christen, Paul J. Watford, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsi Brown Corkran (argued), Thomas M. Bondy, Randall C. Smith, and Benjamin F. Aiken, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C.; Nora E. Milner, Milner & Markee LLP, San Diego, California; for Petitioner.
for defendant: Aimee J. Carmichael (argued) and Lisa M. Damiano, Attorneys; Patrick J. Glen, Senior Litigation Counsel; Terri J. Scadron and John W. Blakeley, Assistant Directors; Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.
Case Number: No. 12-73289
Ineligibility of "habitual drunkards" for cancellation of removal does not violate equal protection (Graber, J.)