Legal Opinion
Sicaju-Diaz v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 10, 2011No. 10-2390PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Gorgonio Sicaju-Diaz is a citizen of Guatemala; he and his wife and three children (the youngest is 11 and a U.S. citizen, the oldest is 29) live in Rhode Island. SicajuDiaz was taken into custody by federal immigration officials over twenty years ago near Brownsville, Texas in June 1991. The then-responsible agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), initiated deportation proceedings; three months later he filed an application for asylum.
After Sicaju-Diaz failed to appear for a hearing scheduled for October 1991, the immigration judge (“IJ”) issued a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- A-M-E & J-G-UBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2007
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