Legal Opinion
Rafael Maldonado-Galindo v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2006No. 05-72395PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Maldonado-Galindo (“Maldonado”) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his petition for cancellation of removal. Maldonado asserts that § 240A of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”), Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-546 (codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1229b (2000)) has an impermissi-bly retroactive effect because it limits § 240A Cancellation of Removal relief to those who have not previously been granted relief under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) (codified at 8 U.S.C. §…
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