LOPEZ v. GARLAND

No. 20-3762.

990 F.3d 1000 (2021)

Vitalina Lucas LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Russell S. Mainord , THE LAW OFFICES OF RUSSELL S. MAINORD, Hixson, Tennessee, for Petitioner. Anthony O. Pottinger , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In 2004, an Immigration Judge (IJ) issued an in absentia removal order for Vitalina Lopez. Fourteen years later, the IJ denied her motion to reopen those proceedings. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed Lopez's appeal. Lopez now petitions...

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