Opinion ID: 473753
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Inadequate Record

Text: 34 The transcript of Solis' hearing before the IJ contains many instances in which (inaudible) replaces parts of questions and Solis' answers to those questions. In some cases the entire question and answer are missing. Solis argues in this court that the BIA erred in relying on this inadequate transcript to affirm the IJ's decision. She argues that the Board's precedents require it to remand this case to the IJ for further proceedings. See Matter of Charles, 16 I. & N. Dec. 241, 241-42 (BIA 1977) (record containing various deficiencies remanded to the IJ for further proceedings). 35 Solis did not raise this argument before the BIA. She has therefore failed to exhaust her administrative remedies on this issue, and we are precluded from considering it at this stage of the proceedings. Tejeda-Mata v. INS, 626 F.2d 721, 726 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 994, 102 S.Ct. 2280, 73 L.Ed.2d 1291 (1982). 3 D. Inadequate Notice 36 Finally, Solis asserts that the INS failed to follow its own regulations and in so doing prejudiced her rights to major administrative remedies. Solis asserts that her former counsel did not receive a copy of the BIA's decision and that notice of her deportation was sent to her old address. 37 We have held that [v]iolation of a regulation renders the deportation unlawful only if the violation prejudiced the interests of the alien which are protected by the regulation. United States v. Calderon-Medina, 591 F.2d 529, 531 (9th Cir.1979). The regulations implicated by the INS's actions in this case require service of BIA decisions on the alien's representative, (8 C.F.R. Secs. 3.1(f) and 292.5(a) (1986) ) and notice to the alien of the time and place of her deportation (8 C.F.R. Sec. 243.3 (1986) ). These regulations protect Solis' right to petition this court for review and her right to appear for deportation at the proper time to avoid deportation without notice. Solis was not deprived of these rights. Her petition to this court for review was timely and she has obtained that review. Further, the filing of her petition for review in this court stayed her deportation. See 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a)(3) (1982). Therefore, lack of notice of her deportation did not prejudice her. 38 Solis asserts that her right to apply to the BIA for reopening of its decision was prejudiced. That is not the case. There is no time limit within which a motion to reopen must be filed. See 8 C.F.R. Sec. 3.8 (1986). Further, Solis indicates in her brief that she is currently preparing a motion to reopen. 39 The INS's violation of its regulations in this case did not prejudice any of Solis' interests protected by the violated regulations. Her deportation was therefore not rendered unlawful by these violations.