United States Sixth Circuit

Section 309(f) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), which allows for cancellation of removal for aliens from certain countries, applies only to aliens whose orders of removal were entered after the IIRIRA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/03/2001
• Decided 10/02/2001
• Published 10/02/2001

Judges

• Before:  NORRIS and COLE, Circuit Judges;  HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel A. Perlmutter (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl H. McIntyre, Jr. (briefed), John L. Davis, (briefed), Patrick Shen (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Richard M. Evans, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.