ASAD v. RENO

No. 99-6507.

242 F.3d 702 (2001)

Farid Masud ASAD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General; Doris Meissner; Lynn Underdown; Leslie Klinefelter; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed March 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Linda Rose, (argued and briefed), ROSE IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM, Nashville, Tennessee, for Farid Masud Asad, Appellant.

Stephen J. Flynn, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Linda Rose, ROSE IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Wendy Goggin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Nashville, TN.

William C. Erb, (briefed), Margaret J. Perry, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before: RYAN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; EDGAR, Chief District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Farid Masud Asad, appeals the district court's decision dismissing his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Asad contends that the district court erroneously concluded that he was ineligible for a waiver of deportation under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952(INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1101-1646, in light of section 440(d) of...

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