Cordes
Cordes v. Gonzales
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PATRICIA ANN CORDES, No. 04-15988 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-03-05580- MICHAEL B. MUKASEY,* Attorney OWW/LJO Eastern District of General; TOM RIDGE; NANCY ALCANTAR, Respondents-Appellees. California, Defendant-Appellant. Fresno
ORDER
Filed February 25, 2008
Before: Warren J. Ferguson, John T. Noonan, and Pamela Ann Rymer, Circuit Judges.
Order; Dissent by Judge Ferguson
ORDER
On June 30, 2005, the BIA sua sponte reopened the under- lying proceeding, vacated its order of removal, and remanded the matter to the Immigration Judge. This stripped us of juris- diction to enter our opinion, filed on August 24, 2005. See Lopez-Ruiz v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 886, 887 (9th Cir. 2002). This case is different from Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1177 (9th Cir. 2007), because, here, the BIA remanded to the IJ for “further proceedings” and to enter a “new deci-
*Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the…