United States Second Circuit

8 U.S.C. section 1252(a)(2)(B) does not bar judicial review of nondiscretionary, or purely legal, decisions regarding an alien's eligibility for relief under 8 U.S.C. section 1229b.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2005
• Published 05/04/2005

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  SOTOMAYOR, RAGGI and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew L. Guadagno, Bretz & Coven, LLP, New York, NY, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard D. Kaufman, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Battle, United States Attorney), Buffalo, NY, for respondent.