PATEL v. U.S. ATTY. GENERAL

No. 17-10636.

971 F.3d 1258 (2020)

Pankajkumar S. PATEL, Jyotsnaben P. Patel, Nishantkumar Patel, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Scott Oswald , The Employment Law Goup, PC, WASHINGTON, DC, Ira J. Kurzban , John Patrick Pratt , Edward Fortunato Ramos , Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, PA, CORAL GABLES, FL, for Petitioners.

Margot Carter , Meadow W. Platt , Sara J. Bayram , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, WASHINGTON, DC, Anthony W. Norwood , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, WASHINGTON, DC, Meadow W. Platt , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, WASHINGTON, DC, Alfie Owens , DHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel — ATL, ATLANTA, GA, for Respondent.

Russell Abrutyn , Abrutyn Law, PLLC, BERKLEY, MI, Rebecca Sharpless , Attorney, University of Miami School of Law, CORAL GABLES, FL, for Amicus Curiae.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, NEWSOM, BRANCH, GRANT, LUCK, LAGOA, ED CARNES, and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, joined.


Pankajkumar Patel seeks review of a final order of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). Patel sought discretionary relief under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i), which permits an alien who entered without inspection to obtain relief from removal if, among other things, the alien is the beneficiary of a labor certification...

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