Opinion ID: 681667
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Heading: The Mendez exception to Section 1105a(c)

Text: 6 Section 1105a(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides: 7 An order of deportation or of exclusion shall not be reviewed by any court if the alien ... has departed from the United States after the issuance of the order. 8 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(c). Arreaza was deported on February 24, 1993. He has therefore departed from the United States. 9 We recognize a limited exception to the general rule that a deported alien may not petition for review of his deportation order. In Mendez v. INS, 563 F.2d 956, 958 (9th Cir.1977), we held that when an alien's departure from the United States is effected by the government, the term departure in Sec. 1105a(c) means a legally executed departure. We must therefore determine whether Arreaza's departure was legally executed.