District Court, S.D. New York August 27, 2003, 99 CIV. 943(JGK) (Paulino-Jiminez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service)

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OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge.

The petitioner, Jorge Paulino-Jiminez, a/k/a Felix Rodriguez, a/k/a George Pauli-no (“Paulino-Jiminez”), has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his order of deportation on the ground that the petitioner should have been allowed to seek a discretionary waiver of deportation pursuant to former Section 212(c) of the Immigration and