Legal Opinion
Sanchez-Velasco v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2010No. 09-2131PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Marco Sanchez-Velasco petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of his application for cancellation of removal on the basis that he failed to prove that he had been continuously physically present in the United States for ten years, as required under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(A). Sanchez-Velasco argues that the IJ held him to an impermissibly high burden of proof and denied him due process of law by deeming his testimony insufficient by itself and by pretermitting his application before two…
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