GOMEZ-PEREZ v. LYNCH

No. 14-60808.

829 F.3d 323 (2016)

Hermenegildo GOMEZ-PEREZ, Petitioner v. Loretta LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Philip Goldman , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Robert Mark Loeb , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Stephen Joseph O'Connor , Morales & O'Connor, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Jesse Matthew Bless , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/OIL, Aaron D. Nelson, Esq. , Trial Attorney, Anthony Cardozo Payne , Assistant Director, Colin James Tucker, Esq. , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Sejal Zota , National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA, for Amicus Curiae American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.

Raed Gonzalez, Esq. , Senior Attorney, Sheridan Gary Green , Gonzalez Olivieri, L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Gonzalez Olivieri, L.L.C.

Before JOLLY, HAYNES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Gomez-Perez is a Guatemalan citizen, who entered the United States illegally in 1995 and has lived here since. He and his wife live together in Texas with their three children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. After law enforcement discovered Gomez's lack of lawful status during a traffic stop, he was placed...

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