IN RE ASEMANI

No. 04-5300.

455 F.3d 296 (2006)

In re: Billy G. ASEMANI Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Green, appointed by the court, argued the cause as amicus curiae for the petitioner.

Patricia A. Heffernan, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the respondent. Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and SENTELLE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ghafour "Billy" Asemani, born in Iran, currently in prison and scheduled to be deported from this country pursuant to a removal order entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking to undo the district court's transfer of his habeas corpus petition for relief from the BIA's removal order to the Middle District...

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