MENA v. LYNCH

No. 15-1009.

820 F.3d 114 (2016)

Francisco Alberto MENA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Kendall Roberts , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Benjamin Mark Moss , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Douglas E. Ginsburg , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for Review granted by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a dissenting opinion.


Francisco Mena petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision finding him to be ineligible for cancellation of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") because he is an aggravated felon. For the following reasons, we grant the petition....

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