United States Second Circuit

Even assuming that lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and non-LPRs are similarly situated, the difference of treatment between the two groups in section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (making non-LPRs ineligible for a waiver of removal based on family hardship) is rationally related to a legitimate government purpose.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2002
• Published 05/29/2002

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before KEARSE, JACOBS, Circuit Judges, JONES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James K. Filan, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, (John A. Danaher III, United States Attorney, and Jeffrey A. Meyer, Assistant United States Attorney of Counsel, on the brief), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Shahoulian, Law Student Intern, New Haven, CT, (Carroll L. Lucht, Jerome N. FrankLegal Services Org., and Alice Clapman, Law Student Intern, on the brief), for Appellee.