Tasios v Reno. 4th Circuit 1999, No . 99-6061

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OUTCOME: Affirmed the district court

Held that the district court had habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to review Tasios's challenge to the Attorney General and the INS's interpretation of AEDPA § 440(d). On the merits, ... held that § 440(d)'s bar of relief under § 212(c) should not apply to aliens who pled guilty to aggravated felonies, or who conceded deportability, prior to AEDPA's effective date.