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· 12/17/2025

Laparra-Deleon

Citations

  • 29 I. & N. Dec. 389

Syllabus

Matter of Laparra, 28 I&N Dec. 425 (BIA 2022), which held that service of a statutorily compliant notice of hearing is sufficient written notice to support the entry of an in absentia order of removal even if the respondent was served with a noncompliant notice to appear, is reinstated in the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and is good law in any circuit without contrary precedent.

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