The Ninth Circuit has determined that an applicant who was listed as a derivative beneficiary on his mother's NACARA application was not admitted in any status (as contemplated by the cancellation of removal for lawful permanent residents statute) at the time of that application. In addition, the conferring of work authorization as a result of that pending application did not result in an admission.
The full text of Fuentes v. Lynch can be found here:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/09/14/13-74056.pdf