Legal Opinion

Albaro Elias Tista v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 8, 2013No. 08-75167PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Albaro Elias Tista, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his application for special rule cancellation of removal. In 1999, Elias applied under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) 1 for special rule cancellation of removal 2 on the basis that he was so entitled because he was a child whose father had been granted special rule cancellation of removal under NACARA. However, the BIA determined that Elias did not meet NA-CARA’s definition of a child at the time…

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