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SANTOS v. RENO

No. 99-20508.

228 F.3d 591 (2000)

Jose SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Janet RENO, U.S. Attorney General; Richard V. Cravener, District Director of the Houston District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador Colon, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph Frank Ciolino, Richard M. Evans, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before GARWOOD, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) appeals the district court's grant of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner-appellee Jose Angel Santos (Santos). We vacate the district court's grant of habeas relief and remand with instructions to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Santos, a native and citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States illegally...

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