Legal Opinion
Patel v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 1, 2009No. 08-1423, 08-2017PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
An immigration judge ordered Damordabhai Patel removed in absentia after he failed to appear at a 2001 hearing. Patel twice moved to reopen, claiming that he never received notice of the hearing because the Immigration and Naturalization Service mailed the notice to the wrong address. The immigration judge denied the motions, and the BIA affirmed. Patel appeals, but because he challenges only the BIA’s discretionary decision to deny reopening, we dismiss his petition for lack of jurisdiction.
*567Background
Patel, who is a citizen of India, entered the United States without…
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