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173713P.pdf 12/06/2018 Pedro Camacho v. Matthew G. Whitaker
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-3713
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Wollman, and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - immigration. Following the grant of discretionary
adjustment of status by the immigration judge and the reversal by the
Board of Immigration Appeals, Camacho petitions for review from the
Board's denial of his motion for reconsideration. Although this court
lacks jurisdiction to review a discretionary denial of adjustment of
status, this court may review for abuse of discretion a denial of
reconsideration. Because Board provided a rational explanation, which did
not violate the clear error standard of review, and properly rejected the
immigrations judge's suppositions about whether Comacho was innocent of
the underlying offense, and sufficiently considered the issues, the
district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for
reconsideration. Judge Kelly dissents.