United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of an order holding plaintiff statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal is denied where plaintiff's exclusion proceedings were instituted before the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act was effective, and neither of the Act's exceptions to its prospective application apply.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2009
• Decided 06/08/2009
• Published 06/08/2009

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harold D. Block, Attorney, Law Office of Harold D. Block, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Blair T. O'Connor, Attorney, Briena L. Strippoli, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.