Legal Opinion
Doe v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 2019No. Docket 17-1841; August Term, 2018PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Katzmann, Chief Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant John Doe 1 filed a writ of coram nobis in 2014 to vacate a prior conviction. Both the Government and Doe's original attorney admitted that Doe was misled as to the serious immigration consequences of the crime to which he pleaded guilty. The Government, after initially opposing the coram nobis petition, joined in asking the district court to grant it. The district court nevertheless denied the petition. Troublingly, the Government has now switched positions again, arguing that the district court did not abuse its discretion. On review, we grant the…
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