(United States Ninth Circuit) - Granted in fraction a petition for review of a decision ordering a noncitizen removed from the United States. The Honduras-born man insisted that he was not subject to removal because he ought to gain become a U.
S. citizen automatically through his U.
S. citizen adoptive father,but the Ninth Circuit was not persuaded by his constitutional arguments. However, the panel agreed that he was entitled to a new hearing to address his request for cancellation of removal, and on the ground that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in ruling that Arizona third-degree escape is an aggravated felony for purposes of immigration law.
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