Recinos De Leon v. Gonzales

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERNESTO ADOLFO RECINOS DE LEON, 

Petitioner, No. 02-73352 v.  Agency No.

A72-527-227

ALBERTO GONZALES,* Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted July 30, 2004** San Francisco, California

Filed March 11, 2005

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Edward Leavy, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

*Alberto Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). **This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 31(c), 34(a)(2). COUNSEL

Andrew Knapp, Law Offices of Clair Cifuentes, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioner.

William C. Erb, Jr., Attorney, Office of Immigration Litiga- tion, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. 3192 RECINOS v. GONZALES

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

This case…