VALDERRAMA-FONSECA v. I.N.S.

No. 95-70681.

116 F.3d 853 (1997)

Santiago VALDERRAMA-FONSECA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hendricks (argued), and Jason H. Wilson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner.

Edward J. Duffy, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, and FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Santiago Valderrama-Fonseca's petition for review of an order of deportation based on his 1985 burglary conviction requires us to decide whether we have jurisdiction in light of § 440(a) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, 1276 (1996), which precludes judicial review of final orders of deportation against aggravated felons, and § 321 of the Illegal Immigration Reform...

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