United States Seventh Circuit

An order of deportation is affirmed, based on the absence of exceptional circumstances in a Romanian national's failure to appear at a deportation hearing, where severity of an illness was not alleged, and appellant had notice of relevant evidentiary requirements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2002
• Decided 07/16/2002
• Published 07/16/2002

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard H. Trais (argued), Chicago, IL, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey J. Bernstein (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for respondent.