DURON-ORTIZ v. HOLDER

No. 11-3851.

698 F.3d 523 (2012)

Jose DURON-ORTIZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 2012.

As Amended November 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Scott , Kriezelman (argued), Attorney, Kriezelman Burton & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Lori B. Warlick (argued), Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BAUER, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

After a long history of arrests for drunken driving and other offenses, Jose Duron-Ortiz, a native and citizen of Mexico who entered the United States illegally in 1989, was served a Notice to Appear by the Department of Homeland Security. He sought cancellation of removal, but the Immigration Judge denied his application on the grounds that, because Duron-Ortiz had served over 300 days for two recent drunken driving arrests, he could not satisfy...

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