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SOTO v. HOLDER

No. 13-1520.

736 F.3d 1009 (2013)

Llanery SOTO, Petitioner, v. Eric HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruginski, Jr. , on brief, for petitioner.

Andrew Olivera , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Richard M. Evans , Assistant Director, on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, STAHL and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Llanery Soto seeks review an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the Immigration Court's decision to dismiss her application for cancellation of removal. We conclude that the BIA's correct application of the "stop-time" rule precludes the relief that Soto seeks. Therefore, we deny Soto's petition for review.

I. Background

Soto is a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic who entered the...

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