Bryan v. I.N.S.

RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CHATIGNY, District Judge.

Petitioner Wayne C. Bryan challenges a decision of Charles T. Cobb, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, denying Bryan’s request for a stay of deportation pending a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals on Bryan’s motion to reopen his deportation proceedings. Bryan seeks reopening to obtain a waiver of deportation pursuant to § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(e). That section authorizes the Attorney General to grant discretionary relief from deportation to…