Legal Opinion
Wallace v. Reno
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 19, 1999No. 98-11181-NGPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF REMAND
GERTNER, District Judge.
The petitioner/plaintiff, Ojomo Nkomo Wallace (“Wallace”) 1 petitions for a writ of habeas corpus on statutory and constitutional grounds. Wallace seeks to have his case remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) for a hearing on the merits of his Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”) § 212(c), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c), application for discretionary relief. 2 The issue is a critical one. Traditionally, an application under 212(c) was the way that petitioners could defend against deportation. It was the means by which to show more…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Romer v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Almon v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Fierro v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Almon v. INSCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Almon v. INSCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999