Legal Opinion
Raquel Sanchez-Cruz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2001No. 99-70044PublishedCited by 297 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
We must decide in this case whether an allegation of bias by an immigration judge (“IJ”) presents a colorable due process claim reviewable by this court despite the jurisdictional limitations of IIRIRA’s transitional rules, and whether such a claim requires administrative exhaustion. We conclude that a bias claim is reviewable, but must be exhausted before the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”).
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Petitioner Raquel Sanchez-Cruz is a native and citizen of Mexico who entered the United States without inspection in 1985, at the age of nineteen. Sanchez-Cruz is the single…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Gil Ilano Colmenar,petitioner v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- J. Jesus Torres-Aguilar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Juan Cesar Vargas v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-PinedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by297 opinions
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- Rosalba Ramirez-Perez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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