Tito Imer Alvarenga-Villalobos v. John Ashcroft

271 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2001) TITO IMER ALVARENGA-VILLALOBOS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES; CHARLES H. DEMORE, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RESPONDENTS-APPELLEES. No. 00-17525 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Submitted * November 5, 2001 Filed November 26, 2001 Frank P. Sprouls, Ricci & Sprouls, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner-appellant. Robert Yeargin, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, San Francisco, California, for the respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-04291-VRW Before: Fernandez, Rymer and Wardlaw, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. &#167 1231(a)(5) (2001), reinstates a prior order of removal without reopening or judicial review when an alien has reentered the United States illegally after having been removed. This appeal requires us to consider whether the prior order may be collaterally attacked, and…