The Ninth Circuit has determined that the failure to include the address of the Immigration Court where a Notice to Appear will be filed does not deprive the Immigration Court of jurisdiction over the removal proceedings. The regulatory violation is cured by the subsequent issuance of a notice of hearing with the location information. The court deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in Matter of Rosales Vargas.

The full text of Aguilar Fermin v. Barr can be found here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/05/05/18-70855.pdf

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