United States v. Joel Lopez-Ortiz

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 2002-11-18

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DUHÉ, Circuit Judge: The United States appeals the district court’s order suppressing Joel Lopez-Ortiz’s prior removal and dismissing the indictment against him for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (a) and (b)(2). We hold that the hearing at which Lopez-Ortiz’s removal order was issued was not fundamentally unfair. Because, unde…

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