No. 20-6195

Erlin Josue Torres Zuniga v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-adjudication administrative-agency-adjudication civil-procedure collateral-estoppel criminal-defendant due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement notice-to-appear removal-proceedings
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether and under what circumstances the government may invoke collateral-estoppel against-a-criminal-defendant based-on-a-prior-administrative-agency-adjudication

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether and under what circumstances the government may invoke collateral estoppel against a criminal defendant based on a prior administrative agency adjudication. I. Whether ITRIRA 309(¢), stating that a notice under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a) “confer[s] jurisdiction on the immigration judge” is a “clear statement” that Congress intended the service of a Notice to Appear to be jurisdictional — that is, a condition on the exercise of an immigration judge’s authority to enter orders of removal.

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Erlin Torres Zuniga
Joseph Stephen CamdenOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Joseph Stephen CamdenOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent