Opinion
09 Cr. 965 (JGK).
November 24, 2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The Court has considered the parties' submissions and determined that an evidentiary hearing will be necessary. In considering whether the entry of an order of removal "was fundamentally unfair" for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d), the Court must determine whether it "resulted in a deportation that might not otherwise have occurred." United States v. Fernandez-Antonia, 278 F.3d 150, 159 (2d Cir. 2002). That inquiry requires a defendant to "show that, absent the procedural errors, he would not have been removed," id., not merely that the proceedings that actually occurred would not have resulted in his removal. See also United States v. Copeland, 376 F.3d 61, 73-74 (2d Cir. 2004) ("Resolution of the prejudice issue in the Section 1326(d)(3) context is somewhat akin to a trial within a trial. The district court must determine whether there is a reasonable probability that the alien would have obtained relief. . . .").
The hearing shall be held on the previously scheduled date of December 10, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
SO ORDERED.
November 23, 2010
Dated: New York, New York