Legal Opinion
Ricardo Hernandez-Vivas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1994No. 92-70605PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WIGGINS; Concurrence by Senior Circuit Judge BRIGHT.
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Ricardo Hernandez-Vivas (“Hernandez”) petitions for review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Hernandez seeks to reopen his deportation proceedings so that he may apply for asylum and withholding of deportation. At a deportation hearing held in absentia, an immigration judge (IJ) found that Hernandez was deportable. Later, the IJ denied Hernandez’s motion to reopen on the ground that Hernandez failed to explain his absence at the deportation hearing.
The BIA dismissed the appeal,…
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