Dillon v. Schiltgen
Dillon v. Schiltgen
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Dillon appeals from the district court’s denial of his second habeas petition. He argues that his second habeas petition
Dillon also challenges the CAT regulations by claiming that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) violated the Administrative Procedure Act by making the CAT regulation effective before the end of the notice and comment period. See 5 U.S.C. § 553. Again, however, we need not decide the issue Dillon raises— whether the regulation complied with the Act — because Dillon was not adversely affected by the premature implementation. 5 U.S.C. § 702. Delaying the implementation of the regulations until the end of the notice and comment period would have extended the filing period until April 20, 1999; however, Dillon did not file his motion to reopen for over another two years.
Finally, we need not decide whether, as a matter of due process, the immigration judge and the BIA should have addressed Dillon’s arguments in their dispositions because he suffered no prejudice, as the BIA’s ultimate decision that his motion to reopen was untimely was correct. See INS v. Bagamasbad, 429 U.S. 24, 25, 97 S.Ct. 200, 50 L.Ed.2d 190 (1976) (explaining that “[a]s a general rule courts and agencies are not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the results they reach.”).
AFFIRMED.
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. Petitioner’s Motion to Remand is denied. The approval of his wife's relative immigrant visa petition does not provide a basis for relief in connection with this petition.
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