GARCIA-MELENDEZ v. ASHCROFT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Case Whitehouse, Randy Branitsky, Lisa Diane Prichard (argued), Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Aviva Lea Poczter (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Emily Anne Radford, Asst. Director, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.Imm. Lit., Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Director, U.S. INS, Dist. Directors Office, Harlingen, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Dist. Directors Office, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.

Beth Werlin, Mary A. Kenney, American Imm. Law Foundation, Washington, DC, for American Imm. Law Foundation, Amicus Curiae.

Charles Roth (argued), Chicago Connections, Chicago, IL, for Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Ctr., Amicus Curiae.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge.