MERCADO v. LYNCH

No. 14-60539.

823 F.3d 276 (2016)

Jesus Cardoso MERCADO, Petitioner, v. Loretta LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso Otero , Gonzalez & Otero, L.L.C., San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner.

Kiley L. Kane, Esq. , Senior Litigation Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Jesus Cardoso Mercado was ordered removed from the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii) after the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") found that his convictions for indecent exposure and making terroristic threats under Texas law are crimes involving moral turpitude ("CIMT"). Because we hold that the BIA applied...

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