Suvia-Reyes

United States v. Suvia-Reyes

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349 F. App'x 178
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 20, 2009No. 08-30407California330 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Isaías Suvia-Reyes appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment charging him with illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 , and his motion for reconsideration. We affirm.

Suvia-Reyes is entitled to “some meaningful review” of his prior expedited removal order before it may be used to establish conclusively an element of his criminal offense. United States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828, 837-38 , 107 S.Ct. 2148 , 95 L.Ed.2d 772 (1987) (emphasis in original). As judicial review was unavailable, see 8 U.S.C. § 1225 (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C), (b)(1)(D); 8 C.F.R. § 235.3 (b)(2)(ii), and he had exhausted administrative remedies, Suvia-Reyes could attack that order collaterally under Men-dozar-Lopez when he was prosecuted under § 1326 if entry of the order was fundamentally unfair. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (d). However, in these circumstances the alien must show prejudice, that is, he must show that plausible grounds of relief exist that might have been available to him. United States v. Proa-Tovar, 975 F.2d 592, 595-96 (9th Cir.1992) (en banc). Suvia-Reyes makes no such showing here. To the extent he suggests that other accouterments of due…

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