Legal Opinion
Lezama-Garcia v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 30, 2011No. 06-74703PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SEABRIGHT; Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON.
OPINION
SEABRIGHT, District Judge:
Carlos Antonio Lezama-Gareia (“Lezama”), a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. The IJ determined that, under 8 C.F.R. § 245.13(k)(l), Lezama had abandoned his pending application for adjustment of status under Section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act1 (“NACARA”) as of the moment he drove from the United States into Mexico — even…
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