Immigration – Removal Proceedings

By: Derek Hawkins//January 16, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Jose Alberto Rivera v. Loretta E. Lynch

Case No.: 16-3225

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Immigration – Removal Proceedings

Jose Alberto Rivera, a 58‐year‐old citizen of El Salvador who has resided unlawfully in the United States for the last 35 years because he immigrated illegally and has never adjusted his status to that of a citizen or lawful permanent resident, petitions us for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s denial to Rivera of asylum, withholding of removal, or relief under the Convention Against Torture, and affirming the immigration judge’s issuance of an order removing (deporting) Rivera from the United States to El Salvador.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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