Legal Opinion
Elena Smykiene v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2013No. 12-1800, 12-2877PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Elena Smykiene asks us to set aside the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming an immigration judge’s order that she be removed to Lithuania, and the Board’s subsequent order denying her petition to reconsider its previous one. (We won’t have to discuss the second petition, which challenges the denial of reconsideration and which we hereby dismiss as moot.) Her petition for review presents questions concerning orders of removal in absentia.
A Lithuanian national, Smykiene entered the United States in 1995 on a visitor’s visa. It expired in six months but she…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Zadvydas v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Regina Salta v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- GRIJALVABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1995
- Kalpana S. Joshi v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Carpio v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
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