Christopher Ogbudimkpa v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States Kenneth John Elwood, District Director, Ins Philadelphia District

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

We decide whether a district court has jurisdiction to consider a habeas corpus petition that alleges violations of Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”)- 1 Congress has implemented CAT 2 by enacting the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (“FARRA”). 3 Because generally we do not infer Congressional intent to repeal habeas jurisdiction, and because FARRA’s jurisdictional provisions do not specifically foreclose habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, the general habeas statute, we hold that CAT…