United States Sixth Circuit
BARTOSZEWSKA-ZAJAC v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV., 99-4430
Congress intended the stop-time rule under Section 309(c)(5) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to apply retroactively to pending applications for suspension of deportation, and any suspension is strictly discretionary.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/31/2000
- Decided 01/12/2001
- Published 01/12/2001
Judges
- Before MERRITT and SILER, Circuit Judges; SARGUS, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Joel A. Perlmutter (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Susan K. Houser (argued and briefed), Richard M. Evans (briefed), Laura A. Smith, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.