United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of Citizenship and Immigration Service denial of interim relief under the "U" visa statute is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where petitioner failed to exhaust her administrative remedies by not claiming a right to interim "U" visa relief prior to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's issuance of a Final Administrative Removal Order.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2007
• Decided 04/13/2007
• Published 04/13/2007

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa J. Palumbo, Geoffrey Heeren (argued), Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Greg D. Mack (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.