U.S. Appeals Court: ALIEN AEDPA- Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penaly Act.

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Almon v. Reno, 192 F.3d 28 (1st Cir. 1999). An alein brought a habeas corpus action seeking relief from a deportation order and arguing that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) violated his equal protection rights by allowing discretionary waivers of deportation for aliens in exclusion proceedings but not for aliens in deportation proceedings. The district court granted the petition but the appeals court reversed. The appeals...