Domingo Quebrado Cantor v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOMINGO QUEBRADO CANTOR, No. 19-73085 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A200-885-573

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted August 30, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed November 3, 2021

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, M. Margaret McKeown, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown SUMMARY *

Immigration

Granting Domingo Quebrado Cantor’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, and remanding, the panel held that the stop-time rule – which sets out the circumstances under which a period of continuous physical presence is deemed to end for cancellation of removal – is not triggered by a final order of removal.

Quebrado entered the United States in 2006. In 2011, he was served a notice to appear lacking the time or place of his removal hearing, but later was served a notice with the date, time, and place of his hearing. He was issued a final order of removal in 2014.…