REYES-LECHUGA v. RENO

No. 98-3674.

183 F.3d 867 (1999)

Alfonso REYES-LECHUGA, Appellant, v. Janet RENO, as Attorney General of the United States; Doris Meissner, as Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and Chester S. Moyer, as Eastern District of Missouri Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Thompson, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Jane Rund, St. Louis, MO, argued (Bridgid E. Dowdal, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FLOYD R. GIBSON and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Alphoso Reyes-Lechuga appeals from the dismissal of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a writ of habeas corpus. Relying on Section 306(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub L. No. 104-302, 110 Stat. 3009-546 (IIRIRA), which amended Section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g), the District Court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction...

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