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091296P.pdf 12/23/2010 Jorge Puc Ruiz v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-1296
and No: 09-3629
Board of Immigration Appeals
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Murphy,
Circuit Judge]
Petition for Review - Immigration. Based on the record, the arresting
officers' conduct did not constitute and egregious violation of petitioner's
Fourth Amendment rights, and the evidence gathered as a result of
petitioner's arrest was admissible; post-arrest conduct of the ICE agent
did not deprive petitioner of his Fourth Amendment rights, and his
statements concerning his alienage and lack of lawful status were
voluntary and admissible; even if the BIA erred in finding that the agents'
conduct did not violate applicable agency regulations, suppression of the
statements was not required as the error was harmless; while the IJ's
decision was a nullity because it was entered after petitioner had appealed
to the BIA, petitioner has not shown that the outcome would have been
different but for the error, and the error was harmless; this court lacks
jurisdiction to review the discretionary denial of voluntary departure
under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1229c.