Prieto-Romero
Prieto-Romero v. Clark
Opinion
Opinion
Fisher, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE MANUEL PRIETO-ROMERO,
Petitioner-Appellant, v.
A. NEIL CLARK, Officer in Charge,
Detention and Removal No. 07-35458 Operations: Northwest Detention Center; MICHAEL CHERTOFF, D.C. No.
CV-06-00786-RSL
Secretary of Homeland Security; MICHAEL B. MUKASEY,* Attorney OPINION General of the United States; and any and all other persons exercising direct legal custody over the petitioner, Respondents-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted January 7, 2008—Pasadena, California
Filed July 25, 2008
Before: Jerome Farris, Raymond C. Fisher and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Fisher
*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**
**Oral argument in this appeal was consolidated with Casas-Castrillon v. Lockyer,…