Legal Opinion
Mejia Rodriguez v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1999No. Nos. 98-4426, 98-5878PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
This consolidated case involves two separate appeals. First, in 1997 Appellant Ernesto Alonso Mejia Rodriguez (“Mejia”) filed a motion to reopen his deportation proceedings, which became final in 1994. The BIA denied Mejia’s motion to reopen. In appeal No. 98-5878, Mejia has filed a petition for review in this Court appealing the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen.
While his motion to reopen was still pending before the BIA, Mejia filed a § 2241 petition in September 1997 challenging his 1994 deportation order. In appeal No. 98-4426, Mejia appeals the district court’s…
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