Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 29, 1990, 662, 880, Dockets 88-4084, 89-4092 (Joseph Patrick Doherty v. U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service)

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge,

concurring in part and dissenting in part:

After seven years of proceedings before the immigration authorities, the Attorney General has decided that Doherty, who has admitted his deportability after illegal entry into the United States, may not reopen the matter and be heard on his claims for asylum as a political refugee and for withholding of deportation.