[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR240.12]

[Page 460]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 240--PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--Removal Proceedings
 
Sec. 240.12  Decision of the immigration judge.

    (a) Contents. The decision of the immigration judge may be oral or 
written. The decision of the immigration judge shall include a finding 
as to inadmissibility or deportability. The formal enumeration of 
findings is not required. The decision shall also contain reasons for 
granting or denying the request. The decision shall be concluded with 
the order of the immigration judge.
    (b) Summary decision. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 
(a) of this section, in any case where inadmissibility or deportability 
is determined on the pleadings pursuant to Sec. 240.10(b) and the 
respondent does not make an application under Sec. 240.11, the alien is 
statutorily ineligible for relief, or the respondent applies for 
voluntary departure only and the immigration judge grants the 
application, the immigration judge may enter a summary decision or, if 
voluntary departure is granted, a summary decision with an alternate 
order of removal.
    (c) Order of the immigration judge. The order of the immigration 
judge shall direct the respondent's removal, or the termination of the 
proceedings, or such other disposition of the case as may be 
appropriate. When removal is ordered, the immigration judge shall 
specify the country, or countries in the alternate, to which 
respondent's removal shall be directed. The immigration judge is 
authorized to issue orders in the alternative or in combination as he or 
she may deem necessary.