Legal Opinion
Manuel Mondragon v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2013No. 11-2133, 12-1070PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petitions denied by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge AGEE joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Mondragón, a citizen of El Salvador, who entered the United States illegally and is therefore removable, sought discretionary relief from his removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (“NACARA”). Mondragón would be eligible for this discretionary relief only if he could show that he had not been previously convicted of an aggravated felony, defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) as a crime of…
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