· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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