Montes-Lopez
Montes-Lopez v. Gonzales
Opinion
Opinion
Thomas, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIO MONTES-LOPEZ,
Petitioner, No. 05-76297 v. Agency No.
A95-487-944
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted April 20, 2007—San Francisco, California
Filed May 17, 2007
Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Sidney R. Thomas, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Thomas
5823 5824 MONTES-LOPEZ v. GONZALES
COUNSEL
Robert B. Jobe and Aruna Sury, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner. MONTES-LOPEZ v. GONZALES 5825 Peter D. Keisler, Mark C. Walters, and Jennifer L. Lightbody, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Depart- ment of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.
OPINION
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we consider whether the Board of Immigra- tion Appeals (“BIA”) erred by failing to address petitioner’s claim that he was denied his right to counsel at proceedings before the immigration judge (“IJ”). We conclude that the BIA…