United States Ninth Circuit

Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA")applies to those aliens who were convicted of crimes prior to the statute's enactment, but who were not placed in deportation or exclusion proceedings until after the AEDPA's effective date.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/03/2000
• Decided 11/14/2000
• Published 11/14/2000

Judges

• ALARCON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GOODWIN, ALARCON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Shelley K. Chaffin,Law Office of Lance C. Wells, P.C., Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendant-appellant., William C. Brown, United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, for the plaintiff-appellee.