Iqbal

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 19 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SAFDER IQBAL, No. 23-2178 Agency No. Petitioner, A240-085-869 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Department of Homeland Security

Argued and Submitted December 2, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: RAWLINSON, MILLER, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Safder Iqbal, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a Final

Administrative Removal Order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a).

Reviewing de novo, Hoque v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1190, 1195 (9th Cir. 2004), we

grant the petition and remand for further proceedings.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. On July 25, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a

Notice of Intent to issue a removal order charging Iqbal with removability as an

alien convicted of an aggravated felony. The agency issued a…