Moscoso-Castellanos v. Lynch

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Petitioner, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitioned for review of the BIA's decision finding him statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal for failure to accrue the requisite period of continuous physical presence by the time he was served with the Notice to Appear (NTA) in his removal proceeding. The court applied Chevron deference and affirmed the BIA's conclusion that service of the NTA triggers the stop-time rule even if the NTA does not include the date and location of the hearing. In this case, petitioner had accumulated only eight years’ physical presence in the United States, rather than the 10 years required. Accordingly, the BIA correctly determined that petitioner was statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. The court denied the petition and dismissed in part. The court addressed petitioner's other arguments in an unpublished memorandum opinion. View "Moscoso-Castellanos v. Lynch" on Justia Law