Legal Opinion

Salvador Cisneros-Guerrerro v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 29, 2014No. 13-60446PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

Proceeding pro se, Salvador Cisneros-Guerrerro, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals finding that his prior offense of public lewdness, under Texas Penal Code § 21.07, was categorically a crime involving moral turpitude and that he was therefore ineligible for cancellation of removal under § 240A(b)(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l). We GRANT Cisneros-Guerrerro’s petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Petitioner Salvador Cisneros-Guerrerro (“Cisneros”) was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. Duenas-AlvarezSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. SILVA-TREVINOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2015
  3. In Re SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Rodriguez-Castro v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  5. Amouzadeh v. WinfreyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006

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