Know your rights and limitations

BigJoe5

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The Federal Courts pump out numerous decisions most business days. Do you keep track of the decisions in the Circuit where your case is processing (usually where you live)? There are Published and unpublished decisions. Published are "precedent" while unpublished may be referred to as summary orders, non-precedential. Even the "unpublished" opinions are posted on the websites.

At the link below is a map showing which Circuit covers what parts of the U.S.

http://www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx

This is one small example of what can you find out there.

"....due process is not implicated by the denial of discretionary immigration relief. Tefel v. Reno, 180 F.3d 1286, 1301–02 (11th Cir. 1999) (concluding that because the failure to receive discretionary relief in an immigration context does not implicate due process, the failure to be considered for discretionary immigration relief cannot implicate due process). ...."

http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/unpub/ops/201012186.pdf
 
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