United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of a cancellation of removal is denied where an alien who has acquired lawful permanent resident status by fraud or misrepresentation has not been lawfully admitted and so is ineligible for a cancellation of removal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2007
• Published 09/06/2007

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jose A. Espinosa, on brief, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melissa S. Liebman, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, on brief, for respondent.