Pedroza-Padilla
Pedroza-Padilla v. Gonzales
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RODOLFO PEDROZA-PADILLA, No. 03-74640 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A27-620-873 ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney
ORDER AND
General,
OPINION
Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted August 16, 2006 Submission Vacated October 6, 2006 Resubmitted January 18, 2007 Pasadena, California
Filed May 15, 2007
Before: Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain COUNSEL
Barbara K. Strickland, San Deigo, California, argued the cause for the petitioner and filed briefs in support of the peti- tioner.
Erica B. Miles, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued the cause and filed a brief for the respondent. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, were on the brief. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, and Erica B. Miles, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation,…