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Procedural Overview: How the Seventh Circuit Operates

In Ndlovu v. Garland, the Seventh Circuit dismissed the petition for review of the IJ’s and the BIA’s denial of cancellation of removal as to the petitioner as a matter of discretion due to his criminal record, finding that the petitioner did not raise a colorable question of law in arguing that the IJ and the BIA had erred by considering his 2000 and 2002 convictions due to their age. The court determined there was no support for the petitioner’s argument that there is a time limit on what conduct the IJ or BIA could consider in making their discretionary determinations under INA §240(c)(4)(A), and found that the petitioner’s challenge was merely an objection to the IJ’s and BIA’s weighing of the equities under INA §240—discretionary decisions that the court lacked jurisdiction to review.

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