Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 6, 2018No. 18-1243PPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
*148 Carlos M. Rivera, a native and citizen of Guatemala who entered the United States illegally in 1992, seeks review of a February 2018 Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) final decision denying his application for cancellation of removal pursuant to section 240A(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). An immigration judge (IJ) denied Rivera's request, in part due to the criminal charges pending against Rivera of child molestation of his ex-wife's then-twelve-year-old granddaughter. The BIA affirmed the IJ and dismissed the appeal on the…
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