Masoud Bahar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service

Masoud Bahar petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (the “Board”) affirmance of an immigration judge’s final order to remove Bahar from the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (the “INS”) has moved to dismiss Bahar’s petition for lack of jurisdiction. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction and, therefore, dismiss Bahar’s petition.

Bahar is a native and citizen of Iran. He was admitted as a visitor to the United States in August 1987. When he failed to depart the United States, he was placed in deportation proceedings. Bahar applied for, and was granted,…