ORTIZ-ESTRADA v. HOLDER

No. 13-2536.

757 F.3d 677 (2014)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Benjamin Kahn , Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

OIL, Rosanne M. Perry , Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, a Mexican citizen, entered the United States in 1996, when he was 20 years old, and has lived in this country ever since; he is married and has five children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. He admits that he is an illegal immigrant and can avoid removal only if he is granted cancellation of removal, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b), for which he applied in 2011 after being placed in removal proceedings. One of the requirements for cancellation...

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