DE LEON v. HOLDER

No. 13-1651.

761 F.3d 336 (2014)

Oscar Angel DE LEON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Cherylle C. Corpuz , Cherylle C. Corpuz, Esq. PC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Petitioner. Jeffery R. Leist , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

ON BRIEF: Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr. , Assistant Director, Andrew N. O'Malley , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition granted and case remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge King joined. Judge DUNCAN wrote a dissenting opinion.


DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

Oscar Angel De Leon, a Guatemalan national residing in the United States, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for "special rule" cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). For the reasons that follow, we grant the petition for review and remand the case to the BIA for...

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