Legal Opinion
Alfredo A. Kolster v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 1996No. 96-1194PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This ease requires us to determine whether section 440(a) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), enacted after this petition was filed, applies here. Alfredo Kolster, an alien under deportation order, argues that if it does apply, it is unconstitutional. Section 440(a) of AEDPA, which was signed into law on April 24, 1996, prohibits judicial review of deportation orders issued against aliens who have committed certain types of crimes. Kolster had previously pled guilty to such a crime.
In a petition filed with this court on February 28,1996, Kolster…
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