Legal Opinion
Salvador Tapia-Lemos v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2012No. 11-2721PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Salvador Tapia-Lemos entered the United States illegally in 1992. He was removed to Mexico in 1997 following his convictions for obstruction of justice and failing to report an accident (that is, being a hit-and-run driver). Tapia did not contest the allegation that he was removable on account of convictions for aggravated felonies — not to mention the fact that he never had a colorable claim of entitlement to be in the United States. Nor did he seek judicial review of the 1997 removal order. But he did reenter this nation, again illegally (he crossed the border by…
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