Castro De Mercardo v. Mukasey

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA DE LOURDES CASTRO DE 

MERCADO,

No. 06-70361 Petitioner, v.  Agency No.

A98-006-996

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. 

ILDEFONSO MERCADO MORAN, 

Petitioner, No. 06-70366 v.  Agency No.

A98-006-997

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

Argued and Submitted June 5, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed August 21, 2008

Before: David R. Thompson, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

11365 11368 CASTRO DE MERCADO v. MUKASEY

COUNSEL

Joseph Mbacho, El Centro, California, filed briefs on behalf of the petitioners.

Catherine Carroll, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the petitioners as court- appointed amicus curiae; Jonathan H. Becker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, filed briefs as court- appointed amicus curiae; John A. Rogovin was on the briefs.

Charles Cantor, Attorney,…