CISNEROS v. LYNCH

No. 15-3238.

834 F.3d 857 (2016)

José Antonio CISNEROS, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robert Glenn , Alexandra Schaller , William C. O'Neil , Attorneys, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Claudia Valenzuela , Attorney, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

OIL, Attorney, Imran Raza Zaidi , Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Manion and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


José Antonio Cisneros, who had been a lawful permanent resident of the United States since 1996, had the bad judgment to commit unarmed robbery in 2012. This is an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), and so one result of his conviction was the loss of his legal permanent resident status. His conviction...

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