BOWRIN v. U.S. I.N.S.

Nos. 97-2276, 98-592.

194 F.3d 483 (1999)

Franklyn Roosevelt BOWRIN, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. In re Franklyn Roosevelt Bowrin, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lee P. Gelernt, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; David Goren, Law Office of David Goren, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Jeffrey Jay Bernstein, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before ERVIN, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In 1996, Congress passed two statutes that narrowed the rights of certain classes of immigrants and restricted federal court jurisdiction to review these immigrants' claims. They are the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ("IIRIRA"), Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-546 (1996). This case...

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