United States Ninth Circuit

Petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of special-rule cancellation of removal under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA), is granted and the BIA denial reversed where mistreatment of petitioner's children by their lawful-permanent-resident father did rise to the level of "battery" under 8 U.S.C. section 1229b(b)(2)(A).

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2011
• Published 02/15/2011

Judges

• GRABER

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel