United States Seventh Circuit

Section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act does not violate an immigrant's rights to equal protection under the Due Process Clause by making lawful permanent resident aliens who commit aggravated felonies statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from removal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/26/2000
• Decided 03/06/2001
• Published 03/06/2001

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen D. Berman (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kristen A. Giuffreda, William C. Erb (Argued), Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.