Legal Opinion
Francisco Garcia-Mendez v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2015No. 12-73430PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEEBORG, District Judge:
Francisco Garcia-Mendez petitions for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his challenge to a decision by an immigration judge (“IJ”) denying his application for special rule cancellation of removal for battered spouses under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2) (“special rule cancellation”). We are asked to determine whether Garcia-Mendez was entitled to seek a waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h)(2) (“section 212(h)”) in conjunction with his application for special rule cancellation. We conclude that his status as a special…
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