United States Ninth Circuit

A petition for review of the BIA's denial of a petition for cancellation of removal is denied pursuant to a finding that Congress unmistakably limited relief under section 240A of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) to those who have not received section 212(c) relief, and section 240A does not have a retroactive effect.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2006
• Decided 08/03/2006
• Published 08/03/2006

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before: EUGENE E. SILER, JR.,JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew M. Jacobs and Jamie Heisler Ibrahim, Snell & Wilmer, Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, and Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Senior Litigation Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.