Legal Opinion
Santana Gonzalez v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 22, 2007No. 06-2965PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
In 1997, Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) to allow a notice of removal hearing to be served on an alien by regular mail, as opposed to certified mail, return receipt requested. In this case, an Immigration Court sent Petitioner Haidee de Regia Santana Gonzalez (“Petitioner”) a notice of hearing by regular mail, which Petitioner claims she never received. The questions presented in her Petition are essentially twofold: (1) what presumption of receipt attaches to a notice of hearing sent by regular mail; and (2) how an alien claiming…
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