CRUZ-VELASCO v. GARLAND

No. 21-1642.

58 F.4th 900 (2023)

Francisco CRUZ-VELASCO, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Laxton , Attorney, Matousek Laxton Davis , Sparta, WI, for Petitioner.

Walter Bocchini , Janice K. Redfern , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Wood, St. Eve, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Francisco Cruz-Velasco, a native and citizen of Mexico, is seeking cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). To succeed, he must prove that he has been a person of good moral character during the ten years preceding the date of his application. But after two convictions for driving while intoxicated, Cruz-Velasco...

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