SANTANA-MEDINA v. HOLDER

No. 09-2598.

616 F.3d 49 (2010)

Pablo SANTANA-MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lolita J. Semidey was on brief for petitioner.

Brianne Whelan Cohen, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, William C. Peachey, Assistant Director, and Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, were on brief for respondent.

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


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Pablo Santana-Medina, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying his application for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). That provision requires an alien to show, inter alia, "that removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien's spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully...

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