United States Fifth Circuit

With the exception of a provision allowing the Attorney General to order certain aliens removed, the statutory framework of the INA conveys that only an IJ may enter an order of removal in the first instance. The BIA may not order removal when an IJ never ruled on deportability in the first instance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/05/2006
• Published 09/06/2006

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian K. Bates (argued), Quan, Burdette & Perez, Houston, TX, for James.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bryan Stuart Beier (argued), U.S Dept. of Homeland Sec., Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., OIL, M. JocelynLopez Wright, Civ. Div., Imm. Lit., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Kenneth L. Pasquarell, Acting Dir., U.S. INS, San Antonio, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.