Da Costa v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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• holding that later agency action cannot “retroactively nullify” the consequences of a petitioner’s failure to comply with a voluntary departure order
• discretionary forms of relief do not rise to the level of a protected interest
• “Although the [government] did not oppose the motion to reopen, the [government] did not waive its right to present an argument against [petitioner’s] request for adjustment of status____”
• “A due process claim requires that a cognizable liberty or property interest be at stake.... [A] discretionary form of relief ... does not rise to the level of such a protected interest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).