Alanis-Alvarado

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARLOS ALANIS-ALVARADO,  No. 06-72369 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A92-611-947 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR.,* Attorney ORDER General, AMENDING Respondent.  OPINION AND

DENYING

PETITIONS FOR

REHEARING AND

REHEARING EN

BANC AND

AMENDED

 OPINION

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted May 7, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed September 3, 2008 Amended March 3, 2009

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Susan P. Graber, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Rawlinson

*Eric H. Holder, Jr., is substituted for his predecessor, Michael B. Mukasey, as Attorney General.

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COUNSEL

Manuel F. Rios, III, and Lesley Irizarry-Hougan, Rios Cantor, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner.

Jesse Bless, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.…