Ortega-Mendez
Ortega-Mendez v. Gonzales
Opinion
Opinion
Berzon, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROBERTO ORTEGA-MENDEZ,
Petitioner, No. 03-74711 v. Agency No.
A76-345-757
ALBERTO R. GONZALES,* Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted April 6, 2006—San Francisco, California
Filed June 15, 2006
Before: David R. Thompson, Marsha S. Berzon, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Berzon
*Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2).
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COUNSEL
James F. Smith, Davis, California, and Christopher J. Todd, Mill Valley, California, for the petitioner.
Alison R. Drucker and Margaret J. Perry, Office of Immigra- tion Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. ORTEGA-MENDEZ v. GONZALES 6627
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
An Immigration Judge (IJ) determined that…