ESTRADA v. HOLDER

Nos. 08-1226, 08-2218.

604 F.3d 402 (2010)

Domingo Cueto ESTRADA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. Domingo Cueto Estrada, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melville W. Washburn (argued), Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant.

Adam L. Goldman (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and EVANS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Domingo Cueto Estrada,1 a Mexican citizen, applied for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a), but an Immigration Judge ("IJ") found him statutorily ineligible for such relief because he is not a lawful permanent resident. The IJ's conclusion rested on the fact that Cueto Estrada was at one time considered a lawful permanent resident under the Special Agricultural Worker program, but the Immigration...

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