United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's denial of application for special rule cancellation of removal for battered spouses is denied where: 1) petitioner is not entitled to seek an 8 U.S.C. section 1182(h)(2) waiver of inadmissibility in connection with his special rule cancellation application; 2) an alien does not meet the definition of a Violence Against Women Act "self-practitioner" by sole virtue of being an applicant for special rule cancellation; and3) an applicant for special rule cancellation does not become eligible to seek a section 1182(h) waiver by virtue of that status.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2015
• Published 06/08/2015

Judges

• Seeborg

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel