The Third Circuit has rejected a claim that a non-citizen was coerced into waiving his appellate rights because the judge advised him that he would likely remained detained for another year while awaiting the outcome of the appeal. “[T]t would require much more than an Immigration Judge’s predictive assessment of the timeline for an administrative appeal to compel the conclusion that Mendoza’s waiver was coerced – particularly since such an informative assessment could have augmented his knowledge and intelligence in deciding whether to waive the right.”
The full text of Mendoza v. Attorney General can be found here: