Legal Opinion
Garcia-Mendoza v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2014No. 13-9531PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Chief Judge.
Enrique Garcia-Mendoza petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision upholding the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his request for cancellation of removal. The agency determined that he was ineligible for such relief because he could not establish that he “ha[d] been a person of good moral character,” 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(B), due to his confinement in a penal institution for more than 180 days, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f)(7). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.
I. Background
Petitioner is a native and…
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