HENDERSON v. I.N.S.

Docket Nos. 97-4050, 97-4070, 97-2629, 97-2599 and 97-2600.

157 F.3d 106 (1998)

Franklin HENDERSON, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Saul NAVAS, Petitioner, v. Janet RENO, as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Respondent. Engin YESIL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General; Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service; John B.Z. Caplinger, District Director; Nancy Hooks, Officer in Charge, Respondents-Appellants. Guillermo MOJICA, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Janet RENO, as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Respondents-Appellants. Saul NAVAS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Janet RENO, as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry William Bretz, Bretz & Associates, New York, NY, (Alan Strauss, on the brief), for Petitioner Henderson, No. 97-4050.

Helaine Barnett, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, (Scott A. Rosenberg, Gemma Solimene, and Olivia Cassin, on the brief), for Petitioner Navas, No. 97-4070.

Manuel D. Vargas, New York, NY, for Petitioner Navas, No. 97-4070.

Lucas Guttentag, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Counsel on Jurisdiction (Lee Gelernt and Michael J. Wishnie, on the brief), for Petitioners Henderson, No. 97-4050, and Navas, No. 97-4070.

Michael P. DiRaimondo, New York, NY, and Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, NJ, for Petitioners Henderson, No. 97-4050, and Navas, No. 97-4070.

Scott A. Rosenberg, Director of Litigation, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, New York, NY, and Manuel D. Vargas, New York, NY, for Petitioner Navas, No. 97-4070.

Diogenes P. Kekatos, for Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY (James A. O'Brien, III, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Steven M. Habar, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Respondents, Nos. 97-4050, 97-4070.

Michael P. DiRaimondo, New York, NY, (Thomas E. Moseley, Marialaina L. Masi, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Yesil, No. 97-2629.

Diogenes P. Kekatos, for Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY (James A. O'Brien, III, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Steven M. Habar, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants, No. 97-2629.

Kerry William Bretz, Bretz & Associates, New York, NY, (Alan Strauss, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Mojica, No. 97-2599.

Helaine Barnett, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (Scott A. Rosenberg, Gemma Solimene, and Olivia Cassin, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Navas, No. 97-2600.

Manuel D. Vargas, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellee Navas, No. 97-2600.

Lucas Guttentag, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Counsel on Jurisdiction (Lee Gelernt, Cecillia Wang, and Michael J. Wishnie, on the brief), for Petitioners-Appellees Mojica, No. 97-2599, and Navas, No. 97-2600.

Scott A. Rosenberg, Director of Litigation, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, New York, NY, and Manuel D. Vargas, New York, NY, for Petitioners-Appellee Navas, No. 97-2600.

Scott Dunn, for Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, New York, NY (Deborah B. Zwany and Varuni Nelson, Assistant United States Attorneys, Mary Elizabeth Delli-Pizzi, Special Assistant United States Attorney, and Quynh Vu, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants, Nos. 97-2599, 97-2600.

Gerald L. Neuman and Lenni B. Benson, New York, NY, on behalf of Law Professors filing as amici curiae, for Petitioners-Appellees Mojica, No. 97-2599, and Navas, No. 97-2600.

Before: McLAUGHLIN and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, and OWEN, District Judge.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

These cases concern the scope of federal court jurisdiction to review the legality of deportation orders issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the "INS"). The petitioners before us are legal permanent residents of the United States who have been ordered deported because of their past criminal convictions. They challenge the Attorney General's interpretation of the immigration laws under which they face deportation. While the...

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