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MALDONADO-PEREZ v. I.N.S.

No. 88-1164.

865 F.2d 328 (1989)

Pablo MALDONADO-PEREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1989.

As Amended January 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Van Wyke, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Marshall Tamor Golding, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Joan E. Smiley, Asst. Director, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent. Mark C. Walters, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for respondent.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, STARR and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

Separate dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge WALD.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

We address whether an immigration judge may deport in absentia an alien seeking political asylum who has more than two months notice of the date and location of his deportation hearing, but who claims that he had reasonable cause for his absence, and had twice moved for a change of venue. We conclude that the...

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