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ORTEGA v. HOLDER

No. 11-2280.

736 F.3d 637 (2013)

Carmen ORTEGA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Wm. Hemr , for petitioner.

Meadow W. Platt , Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and HILLMAN, District Judge.

HILLMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Carmen Ortega seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals finding her ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b. Ortega challenges the Board's holding and its procedural steps for determining that her second state conviction for possession of a controlled substance corresponded to the federal offense of "recidivist possession" under 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). Because we lack jurisdiction...

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