Santos-zacaria v. Garland (598 U.S. 411)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 11, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 411 · 143 S. Ct. 1103
- Decided
- May 11, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SANTOS-ZACARIA AKA SANTOS-SACARIAS v. GARLAND CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 21–1436. Argued January 17, 2023—Decided May 11, 2023 Petitioner Leon Santos-Zacaria (who goes by the name Estrella) is a noncitizen in removal proceedings. She sought protection from re- moval, which an Immigration Judge denied. Santos-Zacaria appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which upheld the Immigration Judge’s decision. She then filed a petition for review in the Fifth Cir- cuit under 8 U. S. C. §1252 , alleging that the Board had impermissibly engaged in factfinding that only the Immigration Judge could perform. The Fifth Circuit dismissed Santos-Zacaria’s petition in part, finding that she had not satisfied §1252(d)(1)’s exhaustion requirement. Sec- tion 1252(d)(1) provides that “[a] court may review a final order of re- moval only if . . . the alien has exhausted all administrative remedies…
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