Immigration – Removal

By: Derek Hawkins//November 28, 2016//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Miguel Perez-Fuentes v. Loretta E. Lynch

Case No.: 14-2504

Officials: BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Immigration – Removal

Petitioner Miguel Perez-Fuentes, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). The Board affirmed the denial based on the Immigration Judge’s alternate determination that Perez-Fuentes did not establish the requisite hardship for cancellation. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D). Perez-Fuentes challenges several aspects of his hearing. He contends that the IJ improperly excluded evidence and failed to develop the record as required by 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(1) and 8 C.F.R. § 1240.32(b). We dismiss Perez-Fuentes’ petition for review, in part for lack of jurisdiction, and deny the remainder of the petition.

Petition for Review Dismissed

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