PEREIRA v. SESSIONS

No. 17-459.

138 S.Ct. 2105 (2018)

585 U.S. 198

Wescley Fonseca PEREIRA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS, III, Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Zimmer , Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

Frederick Liu , for Respondent.

David J. Zimmer , Alexandra Lu , Goodwin Procter LLP, Jeffrey B. Rubin , Todd C. Pomerleau , Rubin Pomerleau PC, Boston, MA, William M. Jay , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedller , Deputy Solicitor General, Jonathan C. Bond , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Donald E. Keener , John W. Blakeley , Patrick J. Glen , Attorneys, Department of Justice Washington, D.C., for Respondent.


Nonpermanent residents, like petitioner here, who are subject to removal proceedings and have accrued 10 years of continuous physical presence in the United States, may be eligible for a form of discretionary relief known as cancellation of removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). Under the so-called...

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