United States Fifth Circuit

In the context of an alien's ineligibility to apply for a waiver of removal under INA section 212(c) if they have "served...a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years", the BIA may determine the length of an alien's term of imprisonment by using the date of the BIA's subsequent denial following the reopening of the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2007
• Published 06/04/2007

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARZA and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian K. Bates, Quan, Burdette & Perez, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel David Hu, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Imm. Services, Houston, TX, Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Michelle E. Gordon Latour, Cindy S. Ferrier, Keith Ian Bernstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Washington, DC, Trey Lund, U.S. Imm. & Customs Enforcement, Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.