Legal Opinion
Jose Belamino Maradiaga v. Attorney General United State
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 24, 2017No. 15-3308Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION **
GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judge:
Petitioner José Belamino Maradiaga (“Maradiaga”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision that he is ineligible for cancellation of removal. We conclude that Maradiaga’s prior state-court conviction was for a crime involving moral turpitude, and that under 18 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1) he is ineligible for cancellation of removal. We will therefore deny his petition.
I. Background
Maradiaga, a native and citizen of Honduras, entered the United States in March 1999 as a nonimmigrant. In September 2002, he pled guilty to…
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