Legal Opinion
SAMAI
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980No. ID 2756PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision # 2756 MATTER OF SAMAI In Deportation Proceedings A-21424247 Decided by Board January 16, 1980 (1) Sufficient notice of hearing and an opportunity to prepare a defense to deportation is a basic prOcedural right. Yin Fong Cheung v. IN$,
418 F.2d 460, 462463
(D.C. Cir. 1969). (2) An objection raised for the first time on appeal concerning improper notice of the deportation hearing was not untimely made, since the respondent was previously unrepresented and had not made a knowing waiver of his procedural rights. (3) Where the failure to observe 8 C.F.R. 242.1(b) and 103.5a(b)…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Yiu Fong Cheung v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- URPI-SANCHOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1970
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Tapia, Octavio v. Ashcroft, JohnCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003