Legal Opinion

Minga v. Holder

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 7, 2011No. 10-1886PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Romeo Minga tried to convince an immigration judge to cancel his removal from the United States, but his lengthy criminal record proved too damaging to overcome, and the IJ denied his application. Certain that his previous lawyer is to blame for the adverse ruling, Minga argues in this petition for review that the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by refusing to remand his case to the IJ for reconsideration. But because Minga is removable for drug and gun convictions, we do not have subject-matter jurisdiction to review the Board’s decision.

In July 1996, when Minga was…

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