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BARAKET v. HOLDER

Docket Nos. 09-0739-ag(L), 09-3399-ag(Con).

632 F.3d 56 (2011)

Mourad BARAKET, also known as Mourad Ben Hassen Baraket, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Kenepaske , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

James E. Grimes , Senior Litigation Counsel ( Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Linda S. Wernery , Assistant Director, on the brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: KEARSE, WINTER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case requires us to clarify whether certain passages from several of our past decisions were holdings or dicta. When an alien who is a lawful permanent resident facing removal from the United States seeks relief in the form of cancellation of removal, he must show, inter alia, that he has resided in the United States continuously for seven years. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(2). For purposes...

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