LaGUERRE v. RENO

Nos. 98-1954, 98-2613.

164 F.3d 1035 (1998)

Gary LaGUERRE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janet RENO, et al., Respondents-Appellees. José, Martin Avelar-Cruz, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Janet Reno, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas Guttentag (argued), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Lisa J. Palumbo, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Lee Gelernt, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, for Gary LaGuerre Petitioner-Appellant.

Janet Reno, Office of the U.S. Atty. Gen., Washington, DC, pro se.

Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Chicago, IL, Papu Sandhu (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Janet Reno Respondent-Appellee.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S, Chicago, IL, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Papu Sandhu, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Doris Meissner, Brian R. Perryman Respondents-Appellees in No. 98-1954.

Diana C. White (argued), Maria A. Alvarado, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, IL, for José M. Avelar-Cruz Petitioner-Appellee.

John F. Hurlbut, Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, Richard M. Evans and Jeffrey J. Bernstein, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Janet Reno, Brian R. Perryman, Doris Meissner Respondents-Appellants in No. 98-2613.

John F. Hurlbut, Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, Papu Sandhu, Dept. Of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Immigration and Naturalization Service Respondent-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, JR., and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated for argument and decision two immigration cases that present overlapping issues. In one, Gary LaGuerre sought habeas corpus in federal district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the refusal of the Board of Immigration Appeals to consider his application for a waiver of deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1994 ed.). Section 212(c) (since repealed and...

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