U.S. v. RIVERA-NEVAREZ

No. 04-3164.

418 F.3d 1104 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claro RIVERA-NEVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Henry, Assistant Federal Public Defender (David J. Phillips, Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Wichita, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellant.

Leon J. Patton, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, Brent I. Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Wichita, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, MURPHY, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Claro Rivera-Nevarez was charged in United States District Court for the District of Kansas with illegal reentry into the United States after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). Rivera-Nevarez moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that subsequent Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") and Tenth Circuit precedent rendered invalid the 1999 removal order on which the illegal reentry charge...

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