Legal Opinion
Frank Igwebuike Enwonwu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2006No. 05-2053PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Frank Igwebuike Enwonwu is a Nigerian who entered the United States in 1986 as a heroin drug courier, on behalf, he said, of members of the Nigerian military. He was convicted the same year of federal drug felony crimes, which made him an aggravated felon for immigration law purposes. See 8 U.S.C. § U01(a)(43)(B). He agreed to cooperate with the government and avoided imprisonment in exchange for being an informant.
Some years later, in 1997, the INS served on him a Notice to Appear to show cause why he should not be deported. As an aggravated felon he was eligible for…
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