Opinion ID: 2996500
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: conclusion

Text: For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court dismissing Mr. Robledo-Gonzales’ petition for the writ of habeas corpus is affirmed. AFFIRMED A true Copy: Teste: _____________________________ Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 14 We also find unpersuasive Mr. Robledo-Gonzales’ other attacks on § 3.44. As noted above, Mr. Robledo-Gonzales questions the validity of the regulation because, when the initial version was promulgated, it did not acknowledge the invalidity of Soriano. However, the fact that the regulation did not immediately renounce Soriano in its entirety does not mean that the distinction drawn in the regulation, among aliens who have reentered illegally and aliens who have never departed, is illegitimate. Mr. Robledo-Gonzales also criticizes the regulation because St. Cyr did not specifically hold that aliens could be treated differently based on the fact that they had reentered the Country illegally. However, the petitioner in St. Cyr had not reentered the Country illegally. Consequently, the Court did not have an occasion to consider the legitimacy of this distinction. USCA-02-C-0072—7-25-03