No. 19-6402

Omar Villarreal Silva v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-prejudice collateral-attack criminal-procedure customs-and-border-protection deportation due-process immigration immigration-law prejudice removal-proceedings
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must a defendant show actual prejudice to collaterally attack a removal order?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation or removal has a right under United States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828 (1987), and 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d) to collaterally attack his removal order. In light of this right, two questions are presented for review: Must a defendant show actual prejudice in order to prevail when collaterally attacking his removal order? If a defendant must show actual prejudice in order to prevail, is that prejudice evaluated under the discretionary factors used by immigration officers in removal proceedings where, as in this case, the government withheld and denied the existence of the Customs and Border Protection policy governing that relief? -i

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Omar Villarreal Silva
Joseph Stephen CamdenOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent