Legal Opinion
Salvador Humberto Zepeda-Melendez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1984No. 83-7435PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Salvador Zepeda-Melendez (Zepeda) petitions for review of an order of deportation and denial of an application for withholding of deportation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Before the instant petition was filed, Zepeda was deported without notice to his counsel. The government contends that Zepeda’s departure from the United States strips the court of jurisdiction to review the underlying deportation order.
We hold that the court has jurisdiction to review a deportation order where an alien’s departure was not lawfully executed, and we conclude that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Peter Gabriel John McMullen v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Eziquio Calderon-Medina, United States of America v. Evaristo Rangel-GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Arturo Ascencio Mendez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Rolando Lopez Chavez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Orlando Roldan v. James Racette, Superintendent, Adirondack Correctional Facility, and U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- Mihaly Kotasz, Agnes Horvath Kotasz, Matyas Kotasz, and Erika Kotasz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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