No. 20-7501

Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to appear" that did not tell Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez when to appear for removal proceedings. The statute requires that noncitizens facing removal proceedings be served a notice to appear with a hearing time. 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G)(i). Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez was convicted of illegal reentry based on that putative removal order.

The questions presented are:

1. Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?

2. In an illegal reentry prosecution, can the defendant attack the jurisdictional basis for a removal order outside the 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d) requirements for a collateral attack? If not, is § 1326(d) unconstitutional?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez
Laura G. GreenbergFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent