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jurisdictionattorneyappealvisadeportationjudicial review

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Skutnik v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Facts

Petitioner was ordered deported to his native country by the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) after entering the United States on a visa authorizing only a vacation trip. Petitioner had appealed the order based on extreme hardship because his wife and son were United States citizens. An immigration judge affirmed the Board's order because he found nothing extreme about petitioner's hardship. Petitioner sought judicial review.

Petitioner was ordered deported to his native country by the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) after entering the United States on a visa authorizing only a vacation trip. Petitioner had appealed the order based on extreme hardship because his wife and son were United States citizens. An immigration judge affirmed the Board's order because he found nothing extreme about petitioner's hardship. Petitioner sought judicial review.

Issue

Whether the court has jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeals' discretionary decision regarding deportation under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Whether the court has jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeals' discretionary decision regarding deportation under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Rule

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 precludes judicial review of discretionary decisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 precludes judicial review of discretionary decisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Analysis

The court applied the rule by determining that the IIRA's provisions, which took effect in stages, barred judicial review of Skutnik's claim as it involved a discretionary decision made by the Attorney General. The court noted that Skutnik's case fell under the jurisdictional rules that apply to cases pending when the IIRA was enacted, and since the decision was made more than 30 days after the enactment, the court lacked jurisdiction to review it.

The court applied the rule by determining that the IIRA's provisions, which took effect in stages, barred judicial review of Skutnik's claim as it involved a discretionary decision made by the Attorney General.

Conclusion

The court dismissed Skutnik's petition for review for want of jurisdiction.

The court dismissed Skutnik's petition for review for want of jurisdiction.

Who won?

The INS prevailed in the case because the court found that it lacked jurisdiction to review the discretionary decision made by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

The INS prevailed in the case because the court found that it lacked jurisdiction to review the discretionary decision made by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

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