illegal-reentry

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25A391 Andis Noe Cortez-Zepeda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Presumed Complete 8-usc-1326 aggravated-felony circuit-split deportation expedited-removal illegal-reentry Whether a defendant convicted of illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 can challenge their prior deportation based on an incorrect aggravated felony d…
24-6200 Carlos Guadalupe Sanchez-Felix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Must a court considering the reenactment of a provision that was originally adopted for a racially discriminatory purpose give meaningful consideratio…
24-5026 Claudio Alvarez Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 constitutional-law discriminatory-effect discriminatory-purpose equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the illegal re-entry statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1326, violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment because the law was enacted with…
22-7243 Mario Roberto Bonilla-Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry immigration-law in-absentia removal-order sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Whether Mr. Bonilla-Diaz's in absentia removal order, which issued when he was ten years old and forms the basis for his illegal reentry conviction, i…
22-6479 Felix Agustin Dominguez-Bido, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Felix Dominguez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law niz-chavez-v-garland notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the Government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a 'notice to appear' that does not specify the date, time, and pl…
21-7762 Jesus Leonardo Castillo-Martinez v. United States First Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8-usc-1326d administrative-exhaustion collateral-challenge deportation-order illegal-reentry immigration-removal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review notice-to-appear Whether counsel's failure to raise a controlling issue pending in this Court constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel
21-6445 Ruben Vazquez-Ovalle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Vazquez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille…
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-7109 Raul Flores-Villalvaso v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines specific-intent Whether the 8 U.S.C. § 1326 Attempted Illegal Reentry mens rea element of 'specific intent' can be restated as simply 'a conscious desire' with no ref…
20-6921 Elier Isai Marquez-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure empirical-basis fifth-circuit illegal-reentry presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a presumption of reasonableness on appeal does not apply to a sentence produced by the illegal reentry guideline, §2L1.2, because that guideli…
20-967 Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response Waived collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Rodriguez-Garcia because he was served a Notice to Appear that did not comply with federal law …
20-6857 Luis Pina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue removal orders, violating separation of powers and due process
20-6867 Noel Romero-Espinal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether illegally reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a continuing offense
20-6794 Oscar Guevara Salamanca v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-sentencing illegal-reentry judicial-discretion prior-conviction revocation-of-probation right-to-be-heard sentencing-enhancement state-sentencing May a federal district court enhance a federal sentence based on a prior sentence imposed by way of a clear and complete deprivation of the individual…
20-6464 Benito Moreno-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Moreno because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-6462 Anastacio Castruita-Escobedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Castruita-Escobedo because he was not served a notice to appear with a hearing time
20-6362 Victor Manuel Avalos-Rivera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 circuit-split illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-order statutory-interpretation Whether an immigration court lacks jurisdiction to issue an order of removal that can later be used as a basis for an illegal reentry criminal convict…
20-6066 Rodolfo Segura-Virgen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aggravated-felony civil-rights criminal-procedure deportation-order due-process fifth-amendment illegal-reentry immigration judicial-review pro-se-waiver removal-order Whether courts evaluating a prior removal order in the context of a criminal prosecution for illegal reentry are required to apply the law as it is no…
20-5995 Edwin Virgilio Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Gomez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-5654 Aaron Jose Acuna-Duenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law judicial-jurisdiction pereira-precedent pereira-v-sessions removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
20-5268 Luis Fernando Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Ramirez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-5227 Jesus Hernandez-Medrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process empirical-basis fifth-circuit illegal-reentry presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a presumption of reasonableness on appeal does not apply to a sentence produced by the illegal reentry guideline, §2L1.2, because that guideli…
20-5077 Joaquin Mario Cipriano-Ortega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-classification citizenship-laws due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry morales-santana morales-santana-precedent ninth-circuit-review severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-8431 Ciro Cruz-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Cruz because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-8169 Jorge Madero-Gil v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
19-7996 Milton Mayorga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-authority immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Mayorga because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-7830 Pablo Antonio Pantaleon-Aviles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation deportation-warrant evidence illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment Whether a warrant of deportation admitted to prove an essential element of the offense of illegal reentry is subject to confrontation under the Sixth …
19-7821 Juan Alberto Cantu-Siguero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-court immigration-court-jurisdiction pereira-precedent pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation of powers and due process
19-7753 Juan Ramon Pineda-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Pineda because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7446 Enrique A. Echeverria-Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-circuit illegal-reentry plain-error retribution sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether the imposition of consecutive sentences for illegal reentry and revocation of supervised release was unreasonable and constituted reversible e…
19-7410 Victor Manuel Mora-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear procedural-due-process removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove the petitioner because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7394 Jeremias Guillen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court jurisdiction notice notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings Where a Notice to Appear served on a noncitizen to initiate removal proceedings fails to state the date and time to appear, the noncitizen is never pr…
19-7052 Jose Alexander Callejas Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
19-6597 Thiodore Igorovich Galitsa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility criminal-history criminal-procedure-due-process cross-examination dismissed-case dismissed-charges due-process fair-trial false-statements illegal-reentry prior-arrests prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness Was Mr. Galitsa denied his right to a fair trial?
19-6588 Carlos Javier Pedroza-Rocha v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedies collateral-attack due-process hearing-time illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-court-authority immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Pedroza because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-6364 Eduardo Duffy, aka Eduardo Duffy-Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-definition citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge conviction-review due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry judicial-precedent morales-santana severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 187 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6088 Julian Madero-Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-classification citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry immigration morales-santana morales-santana-precedent severability standing statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-5571 Carlos Eloy Garcia-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law deportation due-process federal-criminal-law illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be 'found' within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres…
18-9490 Daniel George Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-prosecution deportation illegal-reentry immigration-law right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether an alien's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated in a criminal prosecution for illegal reentry following deportation, where the United …
18-8807 Francisco Quintero-Corral v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey aprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts- including the facts of a prior conviction- that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eith…
18-6897 Victor Solorzano Tavia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP blakely-rule consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy grade-c-violation illegal-reentry sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum supervised-release Whether sentence for illegal reentry and sentence for violation of supervised release should have run concurrent to avoid double jeopardy
18-6322 Gabino Medina Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 criminal-law due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can a statute that this Court has held to be unconstitutionally void for vagueness nevertheless still be applied when incorporated by reference into t…
18-5322 Santiago Hum Rodriguez-Aparicio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discretionary-relief due-process fundamental-fairness illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mendoza-lopez removal-order removal-proceeding uniformity Whether the failure to inform an alien of his eligibility for discretionary relief in a removal proceeding is a due process violation that can make th…
18-5171 Erick Rolando Lopez-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process empirical-basis federal-sentencing illegal-reentry immigration presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentence produced by the former illegal-reentry guideline, §2L1.2, is entitled to a presumption of reasonableness on appeal
18-5036 Jerome Aristedes Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law general-intent illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether attempted illegal reentry is a specific-intent crime or a general-intent crime