United States Ninth Circuit

A habeas petitioner should have raised his challenge to the INS's evidence of his conviction on direct review, and the Board of Immigration of Appeals did not have authority to enter an order of removal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2002
• Decided 07/09/2003
• Published 07/09/2003

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before NOONAN, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Todd Bennett, El Cerrito, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Greg D. Mack and Michelle Slack, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondents-appellees.