Publication Date: 2019-07-09
Practice Area: Immigration Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Hall
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: William M. Jay, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Seymour W. James, Jr., Attorney‐in‐Chief, Hasan Shafiqullah, Attorney‐in Charge, Ward J. Oliver, Supervising Attorney, Immigration Law Unit, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, on the brief, David J. Zimmer, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA.
for defendant: For Respondent: Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Cindy S. Ferrier, Assistant Director, on the brief, Song Park, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
For Amici Curiae Brooklyn Defender Services, Queens Law Associates, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, The Bronx Defenders, Essex County Public Defender's Office, Monroe County Public Defender's Office, Immigrant Defense Project: Andrew Wachtenheim, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-3145
NY Penal Law's 'Crime of Child Abuse' Falls Within BIA's Appeals' Definition