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AMUNIKORO v. SEC., OF DEPT., HOMELAND SECURITY

Docket No. 05-2127-PR.

432 F.3d 383 (2005)

Olatokunbo AMUNIKORO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Rotimi Famuyide, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellant.

Scott Dunn, Assistant United States Attorney (Steven Kim, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: CALABRESI, KATZMANN, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner-Appellant Olatokunbo Amunikoro appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The government argues that the REAL ID Act of 2005, ("REAL ID Act" or "Act"), Pub.L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, requires that we convert Amunikoro's petition into a petition for review under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and transfer the petition to the Third Circuit. We agree that the Act compels us to...

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