
    Sosefo Tili PALU, Petitioner—Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent—Appellee.
    No. 02-17446.
    D.C. No. CV-02-05639 SI.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 2003.
    Decided Oct. 24, 2003.
    Before HAWKINS, THOMAS, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER

Sosefo Tili Palu appeals the District Court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Palu’s final order of deportation was issued on September 27, 1997, and he was in deportation proceedings before April 1, 1997, so IIRIRA’s transitional rules apply. Because he has since departed the country, this court lacks jurisdiction. See Hose v. INS, 180 F.3d 992, 996 (9th Cir.1999) (en banc).

APPEAL DISMISSED. 
      
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