CUADRA v. GONZALES

No. 03-4018.

417 F.3d 947 (2005)

Eugenio CUADRA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Casper, argued, West St. Paul, MN, for petitioner.

Donald Couvillon, U.S. Department Of Justice, argued, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC. (John C. Cunningham, Senior Litigation and Shelley R. Goad, both of the Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for respondent.

Before BYE, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Eugenio Cuadra seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's (BIA) interpretation of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), Pub.L. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2160 (1997). Cuadra may be eligible for "special rule cancellation of removal" under NACARA if he can show, inter alia, continuous physical presence in the United States for a period of seven years immediately preceding his March 24, 2000, application for...

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