JEAN-BAPTISTE v. RENO

PER CURIAM:

On petition for rehearing, defendants urge us to modify the holding of Jean-Baptiste v. Reno, 144 F.3d 212 (2d Cir. 1998), insofar as it recognized the availability of habeas corpus review under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for criminal aliens barred from direct appellate review by 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C) (g). Although that holding has since been criticized by another panel of this Court, see Henderson v. INS, 157 F.3d 106, 119 n.9 (2d Cir. 1998), cert. denied sub nom. Navas v. Reno, 119 S.Ct. 1141 (1999), a number of other circuits recognize the availability of some habeas review under § 1252(g) and similar provisions of the new immigration statutes, see Ramallo v. Reno, 114 F.3d 1210, 1214 (D.C. Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 119 S.Ct. 1139 (1999); Goncalves v. Reno, 144 F.3d 110, 123-25 (1st Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 119 S.Ct. 1140 (1999); Sandoval v. Reno, 166 F.3d 225, 238 (3d Cir. 1999); Lerma de Garcia v. INS, 141 F.3d 215, 217 (5th Cir. 1998) (IIRIRA § 309(c)(4)(G)); Mansour v. INS, 123 F.3d 423, 426 (6th Cir. 1997) (AEDPA § 440(a)). Regardless of whether these courts agree as to the precise scope of the habeas review that remains, such scope is a question we expressly left unanswered in Jean-Baptiste. 144 F.3d at 220. Accordingly, the petition for rehearing is denied.