Legal Opinion
Gabriel Santos Alvarez v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2016No. 15-1599PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petition for review denied by published opinion. Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIAZ and Judge FLOYD joined.
THACKER, Circuit Judge:
Gabriel Santos Alvarez (“Petitioner”) seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision finding him ineligible for cancellation of removal. The BIA reached this conclusion after determining that Petitioner’s Virginia conviction for forging a public record pursuant to Virginia Code Ann. § 18.2-168 (“Virginia forgery”) was an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(R) (defining…
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