Legal Opinion

Gomez Heredia v. Sessions

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 27, 2017No. 16-1465-ag(L)PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

Hoxquelin Gomez Heredia (“Gomez”) seeks review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying him relief. In the first challenged decision, the BIA dismissed Gomez’s appeal, affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) conclusion that he was a non-citizen convicted of drug offenses that made him inadmissible to the United States. In the second, the BIA denied Gomez’s motion to reopen the proceedings, concluding that he was not eligible for cancellation of removal, a discretionary form of relief from removal that is available to lawful permanent…

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