Legal Opinion

Mercado-Zazueta v. Holder

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 8, 2009No. 07-71428PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Concurrence by Judge GRABER.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether our decision in Cuevas-Gaspar v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 1013 (9th Cir.2005), compels the conclusion that a parent’s status as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence may be imputed to an unemancipated minor child residing with that parent, for purposes of satisfying the five-year permanent residence requirement for cancellation of removal under section 240A(a)(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(l). Because the rationale and holding of Cuevas-Gaspar…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  4. Aponte v. Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  5. Padilla-Caldera v. Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011

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