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TILLERY v. LYNCH

No. 14-1193.

821 F.3d 182 (2016)

Sonia Peters TILLERY, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 11, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Stylianos, Jr. on brief for petitioner.

Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer P. Levings , Senior Litigation Counsel and Tim Ramnitz , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

Before HOWARD, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Sonia Peters Tillery overstayed her visa and was later subjected to removal proceedings. In response Tillery applied, unsuccessfully, for special rule cancellation of removal for battered spouses, a relief provision enacted pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ("VAWA"). See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b...

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