96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4592, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7408 Parminder Singh v. Philip L. Waters, Acting Director, Ins Immigration and Naturalization Service

87 F.3d 346 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4592 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7408 Parminder SINGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Philip L. WATERS, Acting Director, INS; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-15943. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 1996. Decided June 24, 1996. James Todd Bennett, Chico, California, for petitioner-appellant. William C. Erb, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Saundra Brown Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-03410-SBA. Before BROWNING and JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, * District Judge. JOHN T. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Parminder Singh appeals the denial by the district court of his petition for habeas corpus. The case involves two points of prime importance in the congressional scheme for the fair treatment of aliens within our borders. Congress has created immigration judges, who, although they do not have the security of life tenure, are intended to act as judges--that is, as persons…