HAMILTON PREVAILS IN DISMISSAL OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALIEN CONVICTED OF BURGLARY

Attorney Hamilton was awarded a judgement of termination of "Removal Proceedings" today from a Los Angeles, California Immigration Judge (IJ), dismissing said proceedings which have been pending for the past almost two years, against a lawful permanent resident alien, who was alleged to have been convicted of burglary as a felony under California law and was facing deportation on the strength of this allegation. These Immigration Court proceedings involved numerous and sometimes lengthy and contentious court hearings against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the past two years, and a complex series of briefs and oral arguments, in which Hamilton continuously and persistently attacked the charging document against the alien as being facially invalid. Ultimately the IJ found in favor of Hamilton and his client, stating that the Government, in its Notice to Appear, had indeed, not met its burden of sustaining removability against the alien, warranting a complete dismissal of the case, and sparing the alien from deportation and preserving said alien's lawful permanent residence. The Government reserved appeal.