Case Explained: Non-Argument Calendar ALEX F. RAMIREZ v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-06-22 The eleventh-circuit denied the petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order affirming the denial of Alex Ramirez’s application for cancellation of removal. Ramirez sought to invalidate his removal order by arguing that the immigration courts lacked jurisdiction because the “notice to appear” initiating the proceedings misidentified his country of origin as El Salvador when he is actually a citizen of Guatemala. The court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a) does not require a notice to appear to correctly identify a noncitizen’s country of origin, and even if such a requirement existed, noncompliance with the content specifications in § 1229(a) does not deprive an immigration court of jurisdiction. Relying on *Perez-Sanchez v. U.S. Att’y Gen.*, 935 F.3d 1148 (11th Cir. 2019), the court clarified that the statutory notice requirements are not jurisdictional rules, and therefore the misidentification did not render the removal order void. As a result, the petition is denied and the underlying removal order remains in effect. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.