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U.S. v. IGBONWA

Nos. 96-1848, 97-1054.

120 F.3d 437 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant No. 96-1848, v. Franklin Uzo IGBONWA a/k/a Franklin Uzowa, a/k/a Francis Igwe, a/k/a Laz Igbonwa. UNITED STATES of America, v. Franklin Uzo IGBONWA a/k/a Franklin Uzowa, a/k/a Francis Igwe, a/k/a Laz Igbonwa Franklin Igbonwa, Appellant No. 97-1054.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Walter S. Batty, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of Appeals, Mark J. Ehlers, Assistant United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Francesco Isgro, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Karen Ann Hunold (argued), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Counsel for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

R. David Walk, Jr. (argued), Hoyle, Morris, & Kerr, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: GREENBERG, ALITO, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal stems from an unusual order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, directing the "United States of America [to] take steps to prevent [Franklin Uzo Igbonwa's] deportation to Nigeria." Igbonwa, a Nigerian citizen who initially entered the United States in 1986 as a non-immigrant visitor for pleasure, was indicted by a federal grand jury and convicted in 1990 for...

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