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Pottinger v. Reno, No. 97 CV 3217 JBW (E.D.N.Y.) (51 F.Supp.2d 349) (August 2, 1999) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)

Here the Court held that the AEDPA's elimination of eligibility for discretionary relief from deportation for lawful permanent residents convicted of a qualifying crime did not apply retroactively to alien who pled guilty after the AEDPA's enactment.

In this case the petitioner, a long time legal resident of the U.S. ...

 

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