RELIEF - NON-LPR CANCELLATION - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONVICTION DID NOT BAR CANCELLATION BECAUSE COMMITTED PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF DEPORTATION GROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - EFFECTIVE DATE

Mota v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 1165 (9th Cir.Sept. 17, 2008) (domestic violence conviction does not bar non-LPR cancellation of removal under INA 240A(b)(1)(B), since the conviction occurred prior to Sept. 30, 1996, the effective date of the domestic violence ground of removal).

jurisdiction:

Ninth Circuit