MORAL-SALAZAR v. HOLDER

No. 12-1353.

708 F.3d 957 (2013)

Mauricio Guillermo MORAL-SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Kern (argued), Attorney, Wheeling, IL, for Petitioner.

Wendy Benner-Leon (argued), Attorney, OIL, Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MANION, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began removal proceedings against Mauricio Moral-Salazar ("Moral") because of his multiple criminal convictions, including unlawful use of a weapon and sexual abuse of a minor. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") granted five continuances, four of which allowed Moral to pursue state-court post-conviction proceedings seeking to set aside his guilty plea for sexual abuse of a minor occurring in 2002. After Moral...

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