Ngongo
Ngongo v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Opinion
SILER, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ALPHONSINE NGONGO, No. 03-70903 Petitioner, v. Agency No.
A73-887-791
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
OPINION
Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 12, 2004* San Francisco, California
Filed February 14, 2005
Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Eugene E. Siler, Jr.,** and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Siler; Dissent by Judge Hawkins
*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). **The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. COUNSEL
Victor M. Castro, Castro & Flores-Cerul, San Jose, Califor- nia, for the petitioner. 1824 NGONGO v. ASHCROFT Peter D. Keisler, Assistant United States Attorney General, Civil Division; David V. Bernal, Assistant Director; and Andrew C. Maclachlan, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent.