United States Fifth Circuit

A Palestinian refugee's petition for review of a decision of the BIA is dismissed as the court of appeals had no jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary decisions regarding waiver of removal based on extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen relative or spouse.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry J. Joe (argued), Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Dallas, TX, for Said.


• For Appellees:
  
• Norah Ascoli Schwarz (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., Linda Susan Wendtland, Saul Greenstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Washington, DC, Anne M. Estrada, U.S.INS, Dallas, TX, Trey Lund, U.S. Imm. & Customs Enforcement, Field Office Dir., Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.