354 F. Supp. 2d 254 - Restrepo v. McElroy’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Clyde Pugh v. City of Attica, Indiana, Attica Police Department, Attica Board of Works · Enrico St. Cyr v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Rankine v. Reno
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“[T]he petitioner had been in prison for more than five years by September 9, 1997, the date the immigration judge ordered him deported. At that time he was statutorily barred from seeking section 212(c) relief because of the length of time he had been imprisoned.... [H]e does not fall into the category of aliens that reasonably could have relied on the continued availability of section 212(c) relief. There could be no reason for someone to postpone filing for so long that he becomes statutorily ineligible for the relief sought, in this case by triggering the five year bar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Singh v. Mukasey
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