United States v. Vasquez Flores

Elizabeth K. Dillon, United States District Judge

Pending before the court is defendant Angel Orlando Vasquez Flores's motion to dismiss the indictment. (Dkt. No. 49.) Vasquez Flores, a citizen of Honduras, is charged in this case with a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, which requires the government to prove that he had previously been deported or removed from the United States. United States v. El Shami , 434 F.3d 659, 663 (4th Cir. 2005). He seeks to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that the immigration court that ordered his deportation lacked subject-matter jurisdiction and thus that…