United States Ninth Circuit
GARCIA-CORTEZ v. ASHCROFT, 02-70866, 02-72720
In their Notice of Appeal from a final order of removal, petitioners provided sufficiently detailed reasons explaining how and why the IJ erred. Summary dismissal for failure to timely file a brief violated due process.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/31/2004
- Decided 04/27/2004
- Published 04/27/2004
Judges
- CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:, Before HALL, TROTT, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jaime Jasso, California Alien Rights Project, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners.
- For Appellees:
- John M. McAdams, Jr., and Michelle R. Thresher, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.