Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
No. 2:18-cr-00155-1—J. Ronnie Greer, District Judge.
Argued: February 5, 2020
Decided and Filed: December 22, 2020
Before: BATCHELDER, LARSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Pedro Silvestre-Gregorio challenges his
conviction for unlawful reentry of a removed alien by bringing a collateral attack against his
underlying removal order from nineteen years ago. Silvestre-Gregorio alleges that the
government violated his due-process rights at his 2001 removal proceeding by failing to provide
him with counsel even though he was a juvenile at the time, and by failing to inform him that
discretionary relief might be available. The district court rejected both claims and our precedent
resolves each issue. Because this court has held that there is no constitutional right to
government-provided counsel at civil removal proceedings and that an alien does not have a
constitutional right to be informed of discretionary relief, we must AFFIRM. |