ARROYO v. GARLAND

Nos. 19-3032 & 20-1259.

994 F.3d 905 (2021)

Diego Ulises Aquino ARROYO, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin David Bergmann , Alexander David Smith , PARRISH & KRUIDENIER, Des Moines, IA, for Petitioner.

Alexander J. Lutz , Carl H. McIntyre , Anthony Cardozo Payne , Assistant Director, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, LOKEN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


Diego Ulises Aquino Arroyo appeals the Board's determination that a 2011 Iowa conviction for possession of a controlled substance disqualifies him from relief in the form of cancellation of removal. Under our prior-conviction analysis, he argues the Iowa statute is overbroad but non-divisible such that it categorically does...

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