Carlos Cardenas-Guerrero v. U.S. Attorney General

Carlos Cardenas-Guerrero seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings, pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7). Cardenas-Guerrero asserts the BIA and IJ’s denial of his motion to reopen his removal proceedings violated his due process rights because the IJ in the underlying deportation proceedings conducted the merits heating without his counsel present and failed to advise him of his right to counsel. Cardenas-Guerrero further contends…