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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Carnes substitutes the previous panel opinion in the case with the instant opinion partially denying and partially dismissing the Jamaican immigrant's petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. The board correctly found that the immigrant is an aggravated felon and is therefore ineligible for cancellation of removal or asylum based on his Georgia family violence battery conviction. The order modifying the immigrant's sentence from his original 12-month probation sentence to a sentence of 11 months and 27 days did not change his term of imprisonment under federal immigration law. The sentence modification order was issued after defendant completed his sentence and only for the purpose of preventing removal.