United States First Circuit

Petition for review of BIA denial of motion to reopen is denied where the period for retroactive application of the relief-granting statute had expired, and petition for habeas corpus is denied where the petitioner did not exhaust his administrative remedies before filing the petition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2006
• Published 05/08/2006

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William P. Joyceand Joyce & Associates, P.C. on consolidated brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robbin K. Blaya, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, on consolidated brief for respondent.