Legal Opinion
Iasu v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2007No. 06-55681PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge:
Ghena Negash Iasu appeals the district court’s order (1) dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his amended 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his re-movability, and (2) declining to transfer the petition to the Ninth Circuit under section 106(c) of the REAL ID Act, Pub.L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231 (2005). We have appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
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Iasu faces removal to Eritrea. But he contends he is a naturalized American citizen, and thus he challenges the government’s power to remove him. See, e.g., Rivera v.…
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