United States Fifth Circuit

The question of interpreting 28 USC 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) is properly raised on direct appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Failure to perfect the appeal robs the district court of jurisdiction to hear a habeas petition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2000
• Published 11/27/2000

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Salvador Colon, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelda C. Reyna,David V. Bernal, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.