Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit June 11, 2003, 01-3618 (Francisco Tomas Lopez v. Gerard Heinauer, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service)

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Francisco Tomas Lopez appeals the district court’s

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denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000), in which he asserted that the removal reinstatement provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5) (Supp.