Legal Opinion
Beharry v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 2003No. Docket No. 02-2171PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Respondent John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) granting petitioner Don Beharry a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that petitioner was eligible for discretionary relief from deportation under § 212(h) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”). The district court held that various international treaty obligations required that petitioner be given the opportunity to apply for discretionary §…
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