Maria Gomez-Ruiz v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Maria de Jesus Gomez-Ruiz petitions for review of the government’s reinstatement of her February 1997 order of exclusion and deportation.

Gomez-Ruiz is a native and citizen of Mexico. In 1997, she attempted to enter the United States using a fraudulent document. On February 19, 1997, an immigration judge issued an order of exclusion and deportation, and Gomez-Ruiz was deported that day. In 2014, after Gomez-Ruiz was arrested in Kentucky, the Department of Homeland Security reinstated her prior order of exclusion and deportation.

On appeal, Gomez-Ruiz argues that she was denied due process in…