Legal Opinion
Odilia Velasquez-Escovar v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 2014No. 10-73714PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
At the outset of her removal proceedings, Odilia de Jesus Velasquez-Escovar gave immigration officials her current address in Los Angeles. But those officials did not properly record it. Instead, they recorded another outdated address and then sent Velasquez’s hearing notice there. Velasquez never got that notice and, without it, she did not know when to appear for her deportation hearing. Understandably, she failed to appear and was ordered removed in absentia. When she found out about that order, Velasquez moved to reopen. An Immigration Judge denied that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Masoud Hosseini v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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- Rosaura Sola v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- Hamazaspyan v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by10 opinions
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