Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lopez-Ortiz v. United States
537 U.S. 1135
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2003-01-13
- Topic
- litigation
holding that Section 212(c) relief is not a right protected by due process “because it is available within the broad discretion of the Attorney General” | “[Eligibility for § 212(c) relief is not a liberty or property interest warranting due process protection, [and therefore] the Immigration Judge’s error in failing to explain [the deportee’s] eligibility does not rise to the level of fundamental unfairness.” | "[E]ligibility for § 212(c) relief is not a liberty or property interest warranting due process protection, [and therefore] the Immigration Judge's error in failing to explain [the deportee's] eligibility does not rise to the level of fundamental unfairness."
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LOPEZ-ORTIZ
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 02-7628.
Supreme Court of United States.
January 13, 2003.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 313 F. 3d 225.