Navarro

United States v. Navarro

Good Law
291 F. App'x 84
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 21, 2008No. 06-10603California278 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*85 MEMORANDUM ***

Ignacio Navarro appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment for illegal reentry after deportation. Navarro’s motion was based on a collateral challenge to his initial deportation for conviction of an aggravated felony. In 1998, Navarro was convicted of burglary in the first degree in violation of California Penal Code § 459. Navarro claims that due process allows him to challenge his original deportation order, and that because California’s definition of burglary in § 459 is over broad, his prior conviction was not an aggravated felony.

Navarro cannot collaterally attack his deportation order because he waived his right to appeal. United States v. Arrieta, 224 F.3d 1076, 1079 (9th Cir.2000). His deportation hearing was appropriately administered, and he was properly informed of his right to appeal and the consequences of not appealing the deportation order. During Navarro’s hearing, the Immigration Judge questioned him step by step to ensure that he understood his right to an attorney, to cross-examine witnesses and examine and object to the government’s evidence, to present his own evidence and call witnesses, and the right…

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