Legal Opinion

Ronald Hernandez v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 28, 2014No. 13-2832PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Hernandez entered the United States illegally in 1989, and was placed in removal proceedings in 2003. His requests for asylum, cancellation of removal under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), special cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) were denied by an immigration judge (IJ). The IJ concluded that his 1989 conviction for grand theft auto was an aggravated felony making him ineligible for asylum, cancellation of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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