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AKINWALE v. RENO

No. 99-10823 Non-Argument Calendar.

216 F.3d 1273 (2000)

Dominick AKINWALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Honorable, U.S. Attorney General; Paul W. Schmidt, Chairman (BIA), et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominick Akinwale, Decatur, GA, pro se.

Anthony Cardozo Payne, U.S. Dept. of Justice, David V. Bernal, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Dominick Akinwale appeals from the district court's order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his § 2241 habeas petition challenging a final deportation order. 28 U.S.C. § 2241. After review, we conclude that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction and thus reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Immigration Proceedings

Akinwale is a native and citizen of Nigeria. In September 1984, Akinwale...

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