LERMA DE GARCIA v. I.N.S.

No. 97-60348.

141 F.3d 215 (1998)

Juana Maria LERMA DE GARCIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Brodyaga, Harlingen, TX, for Petitioner.

David Michael McConnell, Kristal A. Marlow, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Janet Reno, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Robert L. Bombaugh, Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, District Director, INS, District Directors Office, Harlingen, TX, John B.Z. Caplinger, Director, INS, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.

Before REAVLEY, JONES and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Juana Maria Lerma de Garcia, challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") final order of deportation issued on April 29, 1997. We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner has been a permanent resident of the United States since 1981. In 1994, petitioner pled guilty to possession of marijuana, in an amount between five to fifty pounds. Based upon this conviction, on February...

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