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Parties Involved:
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U. S. Attorney General
Respondent
Barrington Berton Morgan-White
Petitioner

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-60586

Summary Calendar

BARRINGTON BERTON MORGAN-WHITE

Petitioner

v.

ERIC H HOLDER, JR, U S ATTORNEY GENERAL

Respondent

Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

BIA No. A90 395 622

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion 12/15/09, 5 Cir., __________, ___________, F.3d ___________)

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Treating the Petition for Rehearing En Banc as a Petition for Panel

Rehearing, the Petition for Panel Rehearing is GRANTED.

Morgan-White petitioned this court for review of the decision of the Board

of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal and affirming the immigration

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

June 23, 2010

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not *

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.

R. 47.5.4.

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judge’s order that Morgan-White is ineligible for cancellation of removal

pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a) because he committed an aggravated felony.

This court affirmed the Board’s decision, finding Morgan-White’s appeal

foreclosed by our decision in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder. The Supreme Court

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has since reversed that decision, rejecting this court’s “hypothetical approach”

and holding that “the defendant must . . . have been actually convicted of a crime

that is itself punishable as a felony under federal law.” As in Carachuri2

Rosendo, Morgan-White was not actually convicted under the state recidivist

statute. In accordance with the Supreme Court’s ruling, we now REVERSE and

REMAND. The outstanding motion is moot.

 570 F.3d 263 (5th Cir. 2009). 

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Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, No. 09-60 (U.S., June 14, 2010).

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