Opinion
No. 20-2173
03-08-2021
Maricruz Zavala Petitioner v. Monty Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General of the United States Respondent
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals [Unpublished] Before BENTON, MELLOY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
Maricruz Zavala, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision finding her removable for having committed a crime involving moral turpitude and denying cancellation of removal. Zavala argues that her conviction under 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B) is not a crime involving moral turpitude. As the agency noted, in Guardado-Garcia v. Holder, 615 F.3d 900, 902 (8th Cir. 2010), this court held that a conviction under section 408(a)(7)(B) is a crime involving moral turpitude. Although Zavala argues that decision was wrongly decided, we are bound by it. See United States v. Pryor, 927 F.3d 1042, 1044-45 (8th Cir. 2019) (reaffirming that one panel is bound by decisions of earlier panels absent en banc review, despite party's argument that earlier decision was wrongly decided); Mader v. United States, 654 F.3d 794, 800 (8th Cir. 2011) (en banc) ("It is a cardinal rule in our circuit that one panel is bound by the decision of a prior panel.").
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.