Roberto Maldonado v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERTO CURINSITA MALDONADO, No. 09-71491 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A017-263-848

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted En Banc September 19, 2014—San Francisco, California

Filed March 27, 2015

Before: Alex Kozinski, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Richard R. Clifton, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith, Morgan Christen, Paul J. Watford, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez; Dissent by Judge Gould; Dissent by Judge M. Smith SUMMARY*

Immigration

The en banc court overruled Hasan v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2004), Lemus-Galvan v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2008), Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100 (9th Cir. 2006), and Perez-Ramirez v. Holder, 648 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. 2011), to the extent they conflict with the plain text of the regulations governing internal relocation and deferral of removal under the Convention Against…