Santos-Lemus
Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey
Opinion
Opinion
Wallace, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE NELSON SANTOS-LEMUS,
Petitioner, No. 07-70604 v. Agency No.
A98-298-858
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted June 10, 2008—San Francisco, California
Filed September 8, 2008
Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges, and Robert J. Timlin,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Wallace
*The Honorable Robert J. Timlin, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.
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COUNSEL
Stephen Shaiken, Law Office of Stephen Shaiken, San Fran- cisco, California, for the petitioner.
James E. Grimes, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Erica B. Miles, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.
OPINION
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Santos-Lemus petitions from the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) of his appeal from an immigra- tion judge’s (IJ) denial of his…