Legal Opinion
Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2007No. 04-73343PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Juan Carlos Vargas-Hernandez (“Vargas”) petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. The BIA rejected Vargas’ attempt to remand his case so that he could apply for adjustment of status, and concluded that Vargas failed to make a heightened showing to justify discretionary relief under former Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) § 212(c), formerly codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). The BIA also found that the record did not show that the IJ was biased against…
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