Castro De Mercado v. Holder

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,  No. 06-70366 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A98-006-997 MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney  ORDER General, AMENDING Respondent. OPINION AND

AMENDED

 OPINION

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 Amended May 19, 2009

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

5977 5978 CASTRO DE MERCADO v. MUKASEY Order; Dissent to Order by Judge Pregerson; Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain 5980 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…