Opinion ID: 681667
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Obtaining a Stay of the Deportation Order

Text: 19 As an alternative argument, Arreaza contends that the deportation order should have been stayed on the date that he mailed his petition for review to this court. Section 1105a(a)(3) provides the procedural mechanism for staying a deportation order pending judicial review: 20 Service of the petition to review shall be made upon the Attorney General of the United States and upon the official of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in charge of the Service district in which the office of the clerk of the court is located. The service of the petition for review upon such official of the Service shall stay the deportation of the alien pending determination of the petition by the court.... 21 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a)(3). 22 Arreaza faxed his petition for review on the night of February 24 to Officer Leggs, the supervisor of the INS Detention Facility in Los Angeles. That fax, however, did not constitute service on the official listed in Sec. 1105a(a)(3), i.e. the INS official in charge of the Service district in which the office of the clerk of the [Ninth Circuit] is located. Arreaza's deportation was not stayed.