MELHI v. U.S.I.N.S.

No. 88-1395.

884 F.2d 759 (1989)

Amrik S. MELHI, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION, SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harnam Singh Arneja, for petitioner.

Karen Louise Fletcher (John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Mark C. Walters, Asst. Dir., Marshall Tamor Golding, Washington, D.C., Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, on brief), for Respondent.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and ANDERSON, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether petitioner is entitled under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h) to relief from an order of deportation. The petitioner, Amrik Singh Mehli, has offered numerous arguments in favor of the availability of § 1182(h) relief, including a claim that the denial of relief was unconstitutional. However, because we find that Melhi fails to qualify for consideration under the plain language of the statute, we need not...

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