Rivera
Rivera v. Mukasey
Opinion
Opinion
BEEZER, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FILOMENA NOTARIO RIVERA,
Petitioner, No. 06-70028 v. Agency No.
A70-830-630
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY,* Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted October 17, 2007—San Francisco, California
Filed December 7, 2007
Before: Robert R. Beezer, Stephen S. Trott, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Beezer; Concurrence by Judge Graber
*Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).
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COUNSEL
Alison Dixon, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner.
Charles Everett Mullens, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.
OPINION
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Filomena Notario Rivera (“Rivera”), a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigra- tion Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”)…