Rebilas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RYSZARD KAZIMIENZ REBILAS, a.k.a.  Richard Rebilas, No. 05-76988 Petitioner, v.  Agency No.

A13-935-483

PETER D. KEISLER,* Acting

OPINION

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

Argued and Submitted June 15, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed November 2, 2007

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea

*Peter D. Keisler is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gon- zales, as Acting Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2).

14489 REBILAS v. KEISLER 14491

COUNSEL

Sarnata Reynolds, Esq., Berkeley, California, David Assar, Esq., Asser Law Group, Phoenix, Arizona, and Ali Saidi, Esq., Berkeley, California, for the petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Esq., John C. Cunningham, Esq., Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. 14492 REBILAS v.…