Eleventh Circuit· 6/22/1999

Mejia Rodriguez v. Reno

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178 F.3d 1139

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concluding that an alien's due process rights were not infringed by allegedly constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because the relief sought was purely discretionary
concluding that an alien's due process rights were not infringed by allegedly constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because the relief sought was purely discretionary
concluding that an alien’s due process rights were not infringed by allegedly constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because the relief sought was purely discretionary
holding that remedy of suspension of deportation does not create protected liberty interest
holding that counsel’s ineffective assistance did not violate the petitioner’s due process rights because the petitioner did not have a liberty interest in receiving a discretionary grant of suspension of deportation
“[W]here a statute or regulation does not limit the executive’s discretion to award relief, an expectancy of such relief does not give rise to a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.”

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Judges: Carnes, Henderson, Hull

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