Legal Opinion
Manuel Zazueta-Carrillo v. John D. Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2003No. 02-70259PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge GOULD; Concurrence by Judge BERZON.
GOULD, Circuit Judge.
When the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decides that an alien is removable from the United States, the BIA may have discretion under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c to grant the alien the privilege of “voluntary departure.” Voluntary departure is a time period during which the alien may leave the United States voluntarily rather than be removed. In this case, we are asked to decide when that voluntary departure period begins to run. Does it begin when the BIA enters its order granting voluntary departure? Or does it begin when we…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Hector Montero-Martinez Gregorio Pedro Montero-Hernandez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Tilahun Fantaye Desta v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Maricela M. Fernandez, Danelia Fernandez Covarrubias v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Carlos Humberto Ordonez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Toufighi v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Sead Pilica v. John AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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