United States Eighth Circuit

In proceedings challenging removal of petitioner to Somalia, petitioner's primary claim, an as-applied constitutional challenge to the REAL ID Act, is rejected as the Act provides an adequate and effective substitute for habeas review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2007
• Published 02/02/2007

Judges

• BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael H. Davis, Michael H. Davis Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, Thomas Hutchins, Immigrant & Refugee Appellate Center, Alexandria, VA, William Schurtman, New York, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary Jo Madigan, U.S. Attorney's Office, Minneapolis, MN, Thomas R. Ragatz, Attorney General's Office, Appeals Division, St. Paul, MN, Scott Baniecke, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Bloomington, MN, Richard M. Evans, Thomas W. Hussey, David J. Kline, Papu Sandhu, Karen Drummond, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration, Washington, DC, Lori Scialabba, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Falls Church, VA, for Respondent.