United States Ninth Circuit

Summary dismissal of appeal of ruling denying suspension of deportation, without notice, and use of a deficient INS Notice of Appeal form (which fails to inform alien that the equivalent of a true legal brief is required), combined to result in denial of due process of law to an alien.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2002
• Decided 04/25/2002
• Published 04/25/2002

Judges

• Before:  FERNANDEZ and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and REED, JR., District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter R. Afrasiabi,Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA; Melanie J. Boyer (Admitted Student, argued) and Rosa E. Sahagun (Admitted Student, argued), for the Petitioner;  Susan E. Hill, Law Offices of Susan E. Hill, Los Angeles, CA, for the Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Heather Phillips, Office of Immigration Litigation, (argued);  Stephen J. Flynn, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent.