AP
June 15, 2015
The
Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal appeals courts have authority
to decide whether people facing deportation should be able to extend the
deadlines in immigration
proceedings.
In
an 8-1 opinion, the justices sided with Noel Reyes Mata, a Mexican
citizen who had lived in the United States for nearly 15 years. The
government began deportation
proceedings after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge.
An
immigration judge ordered him deported. Mata appealed, but his lawyer
failed to file paperwork within the 90 days required. A new attorney
tried to reopen the case,
but the Board of Immigration Appeals refused.
Mata appealed to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, but the court said it had no authority to order a deadline extension.
The Supreme Court said the court did have such authority.
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