Legal Opinion
Carranza v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2002No. 00-2365PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the issue of whether an alien who was convicted of an aggravated felony after the effective date of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, Pub.L. No. 104-208 (1996) (codified in scattered sections of 8 U.S.C.) (IIRIRA), may obtain habeas relief on the ground that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) failed to exercise discretion when it initiated deportation proceedings against him. The dis trict court found this issue lurking in the penumbra of the case; deemed it a sufficient basis to grant relief in favor of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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