United States Third Circuit

An order of removal was proper where, under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act's definition of "conviction," a resident alien was convicted after the repeal of section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and cannot now obtain relief under that statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/20/2002
• Decided 06/28/2002
• Published 06/28/2002

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, GREENBERG, Circuit Judge, and BARZILAY, Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence H. Rudnick,Derek W. Gray (Argued), Steel, Rudnick & Ruben, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Christine A. Bither, Senior Litigation Counsel, James E. Grimes (Argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Margaret Perry, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Counsel for Appellee.