United States Ninth Circuit

Section 440(a) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 applies retoractively to grant courts jurisdiction over habeas petitions, where they did not have it before the Act's effective date.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/24/2000
• Decided 10/27/2000
• Published 10/27/2000

Judges

• B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  B. FLETCHER, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Xavier Gonzales, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Heather Phillips, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.