Mushtaq Ahmed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, United States Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that an alien in Khan’s position “lacked good cause for a continuance because he was ineligible for relief under the relevant statutes”
• ruling that an alien in Khan’s position “lacked good cause for a continuance because he was ineligible for relief under the relevant statutes”
• stating that it was within the IJ’s discretion to deny Ahmed’s motion for a continuance because he was at the beginning of a “long and discretionary process”
• stating that it was within the IJ’s discretion to deny Ahmed’s motion for a continuance because he was at the beginning of a “long and discretionary process”
• stating that eligibility for section 245(i) treatment does not create an automatic or mandatory exception to section 245(c) of the Act and that the adjustment application must also be granted in the exercise of discretion
• explaining that the Fifth Circuit “has repeatedly held that discretionary relief from removal, including an application for an adjustment of status, is not a liberty or property right that requires due process protection”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).