Legal Opinion
Dieuland Jean Louis v. Attorney General United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 23, 2019No. 18-2082PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIBAS, Circuit Judge.
A non-lawyer "immigration expert" advised Dieuland Jean Louis that he could miss his asylum hearing without consequence. I App. A6-7. So he did. But the "immigration expert" was wrong-and an immigration judge relied on Jean Louis's absence to order his removal in absentia . Id.
Jean Louis now contends that we should reopen that order because the non-lawyer's advice qualifies as an exceptional circumstance. But that is not the law. Exceptional circumstances must be grave and beyond the applicant's control. And holding the hearing without Jean Louis did not violate due…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Jose Borges v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Dominga Cabrera-Perez v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- Contreras v. Attorney General of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012