Mejia Rodriguez v. Reno

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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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• Mejia Rodriguez v. Reno
  Supreme Court· 2000-11-27