PEREZ v. CUCCINELLI

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Bruce Banias , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON & HELMS, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Scott Grant Stewart , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, William C. Peachey , Director, Brian Ward , Senior Litigation Counsel, Sheetul S. Wall , District Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judges Motz, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, Floyd, Thacker, and Harris joined. Judge Quattlebaum wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judges Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Agee, Richardson, and Rushing joined.