Challenge to Denial of Renewal of Plaintiff’s Temporary Protective Status

In Rodriguez v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Sec., No. 09-14273, an action challenging the denial of the renewal of plaintiff’s temporary protective status in 2005 because the DHS’s Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) concluded that plaintiff was ineligible because of his misdemeanor convictions, the court affirmed judgment for defendant where the state court accepted plaintiff’s guilty plea, made a “finding of guilt,” and imposed a sentence of time served, and this satisfies section 1101(a)(48)’s definition of a formal judgment of guilt.

 

Related Resources

  • Read the Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in Rodriguez v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Sec., No. 09-14273

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