Legal Opinion
Rene Adan Contreras-Aragon v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1988No. 85-7392PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
We took this case en banc to resolve an issue concerning the effect of affirming an order of deportation that also provides for voluntary departure. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) found Contreras-Aragon deportable and granted the alternative discretionary relief of 30 days’ voluntary departure. A panel of our court affirmed the order of the BIA, but held that the voluntary departure period allowed by the BIA had expired and was no longer available to Contreras-Aragon. We voted sua sponte to take the case en banc to determine whether the affirmance of the BIA order…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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