The following excerpt is from Lahmidi v. I.N.S., 149 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 1998):
Our decision in Urbina-Osejo v. INS, 124 F.3d 1314 (9th Cir.1997), controls the determination of this issue. In Urbina-Osejo, the order to show cause did not inform the petitioner that she was required to provide a record of a change of address, and, consequently, she never provided such a record after she moved from her original address. Id. at 1316. There was no evidence that the agent who served the order to show cause informed Urbina of the change-of-address requirement. In her supporting declaration, she stated that she had no knowledge of the need to inform the government of an address change and no knowledge that a hearing would be held. Id.
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