Mora-Galindo v. United States

Mora-Galindo asked the Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit decision that upheld his illegal-reentry conviction after he argued his earlier removal order was defective because his notice to appear lacked hearing-time information. The Supreme Court finished the case without oral argument and left the Fifth Circuit result in place without resolving the broader legal question.

This matters for immigrants prosecuted for illegal reentry who try to attack the earlier removal order used against them. For example, a defendant raising the same notice-to-appear problem would still face the lower-court result that remained in place here.

The Supreme Court has finished with this docket action. That leaves the Fifth Circuit's affirmed judgment in effect for Mora-Galindo.

He challenged the use of his prior removal order in an illegal-reentry case. He said the notice to appear omitted when to come to immigration court.

People prosecuted for illegal reentry are most affected, especially if they argue a past removal order was defective. The Fifth Circuit result remained in place here.

Nothing further is scheduled at the Supreme Court. The Fifth Circuit judgment remains the controlling result for this case.