United States First Circuit

An alien who was convicted of an aggravated felony after the effective date of the IIRIRA may not obtain habeas relief on the ground that the Immigration and Naturalization Service failed to exercise discretion when it initiated deportation proceedings against him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2002
• Published 01/17/2002

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Loeb, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Daniel L. Kaplan, Attorney, Appellate Staff, were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Nathanson, with whom Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. was on brief, for appellee.