Legal Opinion

Nirmal Singh Dhangu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 6, 1987No. 85-2926, 85-7625PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated action, Nirmal Singh Dhangu appeals the district court’s dismissal of his habeas corpus petition, which requests review of the district director’s denial of a stay of deportation. Dhangu also petitions this court for review of an immigration judge’s order of deportation, contending that a deportation hearing in absentia deprived him of due process. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of the habeas petition, because Dhangu already had received the relief that he sought. We also dismiss the petition for review because Dhangu’s due process claim…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Giova v. RosenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  2. Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  3. Jose R. Montes Eduardo Castro Juan A. Monterrosa v. Richard L. Thornburgh Roy DanielCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  4. El Rescate Legal Services, Inc. v. Executive Office of Immigration ReviewCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  5. Luis N. Athehortua-Vanegas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989

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