QUITANILLA v. HOLDER

No. 12-2329.

758 F.3d 570 (2014)

Tobia Romero QUITANILLA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sam H. Hasan , Hasan Law Group, Falls Church, Virginia, for Petitioner. Edward Earl Wiggers , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Stuart F. Delery , Principal Deputy Attorney General, Mary Jane Candaux , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review denied by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge DUNCAN joined.


KING, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Tobia Romero Quitanilla, a native of El Salvador, sought discretionary relief from removal by way of a special rule cancellation under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (the "NACARA").1 An Immigration Judge (the "IJ") denied Quitanilla's request, ruling that he was ineligible for relief because of the "persecutor bar," codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(B)(i). On September...

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