NIVELO CARDENAS v. GARLAND

No. 20-60778.

70 F.4th 232 (2023)

Jorge Vicente NIVELO CARDENAS, Petitioner, v. Merrick GARLAND, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanessa E. Zwaik , Law Office of Vanessa Zwaik, West Babylon, NY, Nicholas Ratkowski , Contreras & Metelska, PA., Saint Paul, MN, for Petitioner.

Jesse David Lorenz, Esq. , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Stewart, Dennis, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings and rescind his in absentia removal order. This challenge adds to our recent caselaw analyzing different supposed flaws in notice given to individuals about removal hearings. In this case, the original...

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