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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_dc_circuit
publication status
published_precedential_opinion
precedential status
binding_in_cadc
decision or issuance date
1990-01-12
subsequent history
Bounded public-source treatment review completed through 2026-08-26; no explicit adverse treatment located.
negative treatment status
No explicit adverse treatment located in a bounded public-source review through 2026-08-26; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public reporter reproduction after no stable historical official opinion file was located. Ayala did not finally decide survival, rejected a pure-equity immigration-consequence theory, and remanded for § 2255 treatment without deciding constitutional merits.
Audita querela cannot rest on pure equity and, if it survives, can reach only a legal objection not cognizable through existing federal postconviction remedies; claims cognizable under § 2255 belong there.
Material limitation
Binding only in the D.C. Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public reporter reproduction after no stable historical official opinion file was located. Ayala did not finally decide survival, rejected a pure-equity immigration-consequence theory, and remanded for § 2255 treatment without deciding constitutional merits. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run.