Legal Opinion
Jessica Tellez v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2016No. 12-73424PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
This casé raises a question of first impression for the federal courts: Has an alien “reentered” the United States for the purpose of reinstating a removal order, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5), when she was previously removed at a border-crossing checkpoint?
Jessica Tellez made her first known effort to cross the U.S. border at San Ysidro in 2000. She claimed to be a U.S. citizen, but a suspicious immigration officer referred her for a secondary inspection. Tel-lez then admitted that she was a Mexican citizen without a valid entry document. She was deemed inadmissible…
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