United States Ninth Circuit

A previously removed alien who reenters the country illegally is not entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge to determine whether to reinstate a prior removal order. The statute dealing with reinstatement of removal orders and its implementing regulation comport with due process, and 8 C.F.R. section 241.8 is a valid interpretation of the INA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/13/2005
• Decided 02/06/2007
• Published 02/06/2007

Judges

• Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, ALEX KOZINSKI, PAMELA ANN RYMER, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, SUSAN P. GRABER, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RONALD M. GOULD and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Pauw, Gibbs Houston Pauw, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner., Trina A. Realmuto and Nadine K. Wettstein, American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, DC, as amici curiae in support of the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;  Jonathan F. Cohn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;  Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director, Office of Immigration Litigation;  John Andre, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.