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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537 U.S. 1135

LOPEZ-ORTIZ
v.
UNITED STATES.

No. 02-7628.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 13, 2003.

1

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

2

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 313 F. 3d 225.