Verissimo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Petitioner Manuel Verissimo appeals pro se from the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. We have reviewed the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal. We affirm, substantially for the reasons stated in the magistrate judge’s August 7, 2002, report and recommendation, which the district court accepted on August 28, 2002. We add only the following comments.

The government argues that this court lacks jurisdiction over Petitioner’s claims because Petitioner failed to exhaust these claims before the administrative agency pursuant to Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”)…