U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2006

Rojas-Marquez v. Gonzales

Rojas-Marquez v. Gonzales
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided October 24, 2006 · Davis, Barksdale, Benavides
202 F. App'x 832

Rojas-Marquez v. Gonzales

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Petitioner Maria Rojas-Marquez (Rojas) petitions this court to review the January 3, 2006, order entered by the Department of Justice reinstating her prior order of removal. Rojas argues that the reinstatement provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5) are impermissibly retroactive to aliens who were deported and reentered the United States prior to the statute’s effective date of April 1, 1997.

This court has rejected Rojas’s argument in Ojeda-Terrazas v. Ashcroft, 290 F.3d 292, 299-302 (5th Cir. 2002). Additionally, the United States Supreme Court held in Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 2422, 2425, 165 L.Ed.2d 323 (2006), that § 1231(a)(5) “applies to those who entered before IIRIRA and does not retroactively affect any right of, or impose any burden on” the alien. Rojas’s argument is without merit.

Accordingly, her petition for review is DENIED. Rojas’s request that we reconsider our prior denial of her motion for a stay of deportation is DENIED.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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