United States Fifth Circuit

A regulation precluding applications for adjustment of status from "paroled" "arriving aliens" in removal proceedings, 8 C.F.R. section 245.1(c)(8), is valid under Chevron.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/23/2006
• Published 05/23/2006

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter D. Williamson (argued), Williamson & Chaves, Houston, TX, for Akhtar., Jennifer Paisner (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., David V. Bernal, Margaret Kuehne Taylor, U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Joshua E. Braunstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div. Imm. Lit., Washington, DC, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Imm. Services, Houston, TX, for Gonzales., Sarfraz Aftab Sharif (argued), Sharif & Associates, Houston, TX, for Salman.