Avila

Avila v. Mukasey

Good Law
311 F. App'x 72
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 29, 2009No. 08-73518California285 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and due process challenges. See Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2007).

Petitioner’s motion to file the opposition to the motion for summary disposition and reply to the opposition to the motion for a stay of removal out of time is granted. The Clerk shall file the opposition and reply.

Respondent’s motion for summary disposition is granted because the questions raised by this petition for review are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir.1982) (per curiam) (stating standard).

Petitioner contends that his notice to appear (“NTA”) was defective because the issuing officer was not properly identified. This argument is foreclosed by Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d at 1065-68 (rejecting similar argument on the ground that no “statute or regulation requires the inclusion of the name and title of the issuing officer on the NTA,” and noting that the presumption of…

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