Legal Opinion
Gallegos-Vasquez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2011No. 05-72412PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Jose Alfredo Gallegos-Vasquez petitions for review from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) pretermitting his application for a waiver of inadmissibility pursuant to the now-repealed § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). We hold, based on INS v. St Cyr, 533 U.S. 289, 121 S.Ct. 2271, 150 L.Ed.2d 347 (2001), that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRI-RA”), Pub.L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 1214, does not apply retroactively to deny Gallegos-Vasquez the right to apply for relief…
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3Cited by9 opinions
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