Legal Opinion
Pablo Maldonado-Perez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 17, 1989No. 88-1164PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
Separate dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge WALD.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
We address whether an immigration judge may deport in absentia an alien seeking political asylum who has more than two months notice of the date and location of his deportation hearing, but who claims that he had reasonable cause for his absence, and had twice moved for a change of venue. We conclude that the Immigration Court did not abuse its discretion or violate petitioner’s constitutional or statutory due process rights by denying his motions for change of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mario Antonio Portillo Baires v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Mariusz Kaczmarczyk v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Tameshwar Sewak v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- A-SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998
- Nelson Gandarillas-Zambrana, A/K/A Oscar Jr. Gandarillas, A/K/A Nalson Gandarillos v. Board of Immigration AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Jose Luis Yanez-Popp v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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