United States First Circuit

A resident alien who pled guilty to a felony prior to the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is entitled to the savings clause of 8 USC 1182(c) only if he actually relied on that law when pleading guilty.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2000
• Published 12/18/2000

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Prasant D. Desai, with whom Desai & Graves was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brenda M. O'Malley, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for appellees.