United States Fifth Circuit

Petitioner's application for cancellation of removal is denied where the Immigration Judge had substantial evidence to conclude that petitioner failed to meet one of the four threshold eligibility factors under I.N.A. section 240A(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2003
• Published 11/19/2003

Judges

• VANCE, District Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore Case Whitehouse,Randy Branitsky, Lisa Diane Prichard (argued), Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for Petitioner., Beth Werlin, Mary A. Kenney, American Imm. Law Foundation, Washington, DC, for American Imm. Law Foundation, Amicus Curiae., Charles Roth (argued), Chicago Connections, Chicago, IL, for Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Ctr., Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aviva Lea Poczter (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Emily Anne Radford, Asst. Director, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.Imm. Lit., Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Director, U.S.INS, Dist. Directors Office, Harlingen, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S.INS, Dist. Directors Office, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.