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AGUIRRE v. HOLDER

No. 12-1063.

728 F.3d 48 (2013)

Jesus Ernesto AGUIRRE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Watt, Jr. on brief for petitioner.

Katharine E. Clark , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Russell J.E. Verby , Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Jesus Ernesto Aguirre petitions for review of an order denying his application for suspension of deportation, a form of relief that was available to certain noncitizens before 1996. To be eligible for suspension of deportation, Aguirre had to show that he had accrued seven years of continuous physical presence in the United States since his arrival. In 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996...

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