Opinion ID: 3062264
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Alleged Injury

Text: Mr. Castillo asserts that, had the IJ granted his continuance, his physical presence would have enabled him to participate fully in the collateral attacks on his convictions, thereby increasing the prospect of post-conviction relief, which in turn would improve his chances for cancellation of his removal. He asks us to reverse the denial of his continuance and order his return to the United States. Mr. Castillo does not clearly explain his alleged injury. We discern two possibilities. First, Mr. Castillo’s reply brief identified “deportation to Mexico” as his “injury.” Aplt. Reply Br. at 2; see also id. (“[Mr.] Castillo has an injury in fact because he was ordered removed and he was physically removed to Mexico.”). And at oral argument, his counsel reiterated that Mr. Castillo’s “removal . . . is the standing injury.” Oral Arg. 11:05-11:18. Second, Mr. Castillo also seems to argue his injury is his inability to participate in person in his state post-conviction proceedings. See Aplt. Br. at 14, 19-21. Neither injury invokes our jurisdiction because (1) our ability to redress the alleged removal injury is no more than speculative, and (2) Mr. Castillo has not raised a colorable constitutional or legal argument indicating he has a right to be physically present in the United States during his state post-conviction process. -6-