ESQUIVEL v. LYNCH

No. 13-60326.

803 F.3d 699 (2015)

Rene E. Flores ESQUIVEL, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Keith Bates, Esq. , Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Michael Christopher Heyse , Trial Attorney, Walter Bocchini, Esq. , Trial Attorney, Tangerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, we reject the Board of Immigration Appeals's (BIA) interpretation of the statute it administers and vacate the BIA decision under review. We do so because the plain language of the relevant statute clearly contradicts the interpretation that the BIA would give it.

Under § 237 of the Immigration...

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