Delgadillo-Dominguez

Delgadillo-Dominguez v. Ashcroft

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109 F. App'x 966
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 27, 2004No. 02-73999; Agency No. A27-554-046California243 words

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Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Jesus Delgadillo-Dominguez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming without opinion the immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Petitioner contends that no asylum case could ever properly be streamlined by the BIA because such cases invariably involve a “novel fact situation.” We reject this contention because not every fact-based case is “novel in the eyes of the law.” See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 852 (9th Cir.2003).

Petitioners’ contention that the BIA’s streamlining regulations violate due process is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche, 350 F.3d at 849-52 (holding that the BIA’s streamlining procedure does not violate an alien’s due process rights).

Pursuant to Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741 (9th Cir.2004), petitioners’ motion for stay of removal included a timely request for stay of voluntary departure. Because the stay of removal was continued based on the government’s filing of a notice of non-opposition, the voluntary departure period…

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