MENDEZ v. MUKASEY

Docket No. 06-0032-ag.

525 F.3d 216 (2008)

Juan Manuel MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 12, 2008.

As Amended: May 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin L. Rothstein, Barst & Mukamal, LLP (Dan Lundy, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.

Jennifer Paisner, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, CALABRESI, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Juan Manuel Mendez, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") summarily affirming a decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ"), which denied Mendez's application for cancellation of removal. In re Juan Manuel Mendez, No. A78 428 394 (B.I.A. Dec. 9, 2005), aff'g No. A78 428 394 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Sept. 28, 2004). The IJ denied Mendez's petition on the grounds...

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