United States Third Circuit

The meaning of "last habitually resided" under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(42), for a "stateless" individual, depends on the amount of time the individual spends there, and intent is irrelevant to the analysis.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/13/2004
• Decided 08/12/2005
• Published 08/12/2005

Judges

• Before AMBRO, VAN ANTWERPEN and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sunit K. Joshi, (Argued), Sokol Braha, Joshi & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Douglas Ginsburg, John D. Williams, David E. Dauenheimer, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.