No. 23A1091

Jackson Peter Chiwanga v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-06
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: aggravated-felony domestic-assault federal-interpretation fifth-circuit immigration-law state-criminal-law
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether federal authorities can ignore a State classification of its own law when determining whether a conviction constitutes an aggravated felony under the Immigration Act.

Whether an Oklahoma domestic assault by strangulation conviction should be considered an aggravated felony under the Act.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal immigration authorities can override a state's own classification of a criminal offense when determining whether a conviction constitutes an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Docket Entries

2024-07-17
Application (23A1091) denied by Justice Alito.
2024-05-24
Application (23A1091) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jackson Peter Chiwanga
Jackson Peter Chiwanga — Petitioner
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent