United States Eighth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where petitioner's prior conviction under Minnesota law for making terroristic threats constituted an aggravated felony because it involved a crime of violence, rendering petitioner statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2009
• Published 12/04/2009

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Lee Breitman, argued, Maria Soledad Bardelli, on the brief, Bloomington, MN, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Oliveira, U.S. DOJ, argued, Washington, DC, for respondent.