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· 1/13/2003

Lopez-Ortiz v. United States

Citations

  • 537 U.S. 1135
  • 123 S. Ct. 922
  • 71 U.S.L.W. 3473
  • 154 L. Ed. 2d 827
  • 2003 U.S. LEXIS 426

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  • holding that Section 212(c) relief is not a right protected by due process “because it is available within the broad discretion of the Attorney General”
  • “[Eligibility for § 212(c) relief is not a liberty or property interest warranting due process protection, [and therefore] the Immigration Judge’s error in failing to explain [the deportee’s] eligibility does not rise to the level of fundamental unfairness.”

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