Alvarez Figueroa v. Mukasey
Opinion
Opinion
Tashima, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LUIS ARNOLDO ALVAREZ FIGUEROA;
HILDA GUERRA DE ALVAREZ, No. 05-75157 Petitioners, Agency Nos. v. A77-852-396 MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney A77-852-397 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 10, 2008
Before: A. Wallace Tashima, M. Margaret McKeown, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Tashima
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COUNSEL
Philip Barilovits, Dechert LLP, Palo Alto, California, for the petitioners.
Julie S. Pfluger, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Divi- sion, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Luis Arnoldo Alvarez Figueroa and Hilda Guerra de Alva- rez (“Petitioners”) are a married couple who concede that they FIGUEROA v. MUKASEY 12613 are removable aliens. They petition this Court to review the Board of Immigration Appeals’…