The following excerpt is from Alikhani v. Fasano, 70 F.Supp.2d 1124 (S.D. Cal. 1999):
Respondents rely on 1252(b)(9), a section that has been referred to as an "unmistakable zipper clause," i.e. that 1252(b)(9) regulates jurisdiction where no other specific provision applies. Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 525 U.S. 471, 119 S.Ct. 936, 943, 142 L.Ed.2d 940 (1999). Respondents maintain that 8 U.S.C. 1252(b)(9) repeals this court's jurisdiction. Section 1252(b)(9) states that:
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