RODRIGUEZ-BENITEZ v. HOLDER

No. 13-60554.

763 F.3d 404 (2014)

Adalberto RODRIGUEZ-BENITEZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Walker Gates , Walker Gates Vela, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Lance Lomond Jolley , Trial Attorney, Jesse Matthew Bless , Tangerlia Cox , James Adelbert Hurley , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Adalberto Rodriguez-Benitez appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal for victims of domestic violence. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") found Rodriguez-Benitez ineligible for relief due to a prior narcotics conviction. Rodriguez-Benitez claims the narcotics conviction cannot be grounds for finding him...

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