GHASSAN v. I.N.S.

Nos. 91-4664, 92-4177.

972 F.2d 631 (1992)

Ibrahim Fez GHASSAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Adams, David A. Kattan, New Orleans, La., for Ibrahim Fez Ghassan.

Richard Thornburgh, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Anthony W. Norwood, Alice M. King, Donald A. Couvillon, Richard M. Evans, Asst. Dir., Donald E. Keener, Robert L. Bombough, Dir., Office of Immigration Lit., Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for INS, in No. 91-4664.

William Barr, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Anthony W. Norwood, Richard M. Evans, Asst. Dir., Donald A. Couvillon, Donald E. Keener, Robert L. Bombough, Dir., Office of Immigration Lit., Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for INS, in No. 92-4177.

Tom Fischer, INS Dist. Dir., Atlanta, Ga., John B.Z. Caplinger, INS Dist. Dir., New Orleans, La., for other interested parties.

Before WISDOM, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 8, 1992.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Ibrahim Fez Ghassan, a native and citizen of Lebanon who was a permanent resident of the United States, was convicted of conspiracy to import and distribute heroin. After he was released from prison, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") began deportation proceedings. An immigration judge ("IJ") denied his application for waiver of deportation, and the Board...

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