Estrada-Espinoza
Estrada-Espinoza v. Mukasey
Opinion
Opinion
Thomas, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JUAN ELIAS ESTRADA-ESPINOZA,
Petitioner, No. 05-75850 v. Agency No.
A76-339-422
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted June 25, 2008—Pasadena, California
Filed October 20, 2008
Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Richard C. Tallman, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Thomas
14755 ESTRADA-ESPINOZA v. MUKASEY 14759
COUNSEL
Saad Ahmad, Saad Ahmad & Associates; Fremont, Califor- nia, for the petitioner.
Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director; Bryan S. Beier, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jennifer Levings, Trial Attorney; Wash- ington, D.C., for the respondent.
Vikram K. Badrinath, Esquire, Vikram Badrinath, PC, Tuc- son, Arizona, amicus curiae for…