United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 USC 242(a)(2)(C), an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to hear a denial of cancellation of removal where alien has confessed to using drugs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2001
• Decided 04/04/2001
• Published 04/04/2001

Judges

• Before:  PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carolyn Chapman, Coronado, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Papu Sandhu (argued) and Douglas E. Ginsburg (brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.