Benaouicha v. Holder

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld an immigration judge’s order that petitioner Mohamed Tahar Benaouieha be removed from the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1227(a)(1), 1227(a)(1)(C)®, and 1227(a)(2)(A)®. Petitioner conceded the facts underlying the charges of removal, but he argued that he was eligible for cancellation of removal as a battered spouse under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2)(A). He contends in his petition for review that the BIA erred by ordering him removed without allowing him to demonstrate that he was a person of good moral character under the…