LEDESMA-SANCHEZ v. LYNCH

No. 14-1710.

797 F.3d 131 (2015)

Jonathan Hericar LEDESMA-SÁNCHEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Gatei and Immigration & Business Law Group, LLP on brief for petitioner.

Joseph D. Hardy , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Holly M. Smith , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, THOMPSON, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns the requirement that an alien facing removal keep immigration authorities apprised of the alien's current address. Here, the alien failed to do so, and, on that basis, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied his motion to reopen the removal proceedings, which were held in absentia. We deny the petition...

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