J. Corona-Mendez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

J. AMPARO CORONA-MENDEZ, 

Petitioner, No. 08-72492 v.  Agency No.

A75-100-704

ERIC HOLDER JR., Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.  On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted October 14, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed February 3, 2010

Before: Richard D. Cudahy,* Senior Circuit Judge, Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Cudahy

*The Honorable Richard D. Cudahy, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

2045 2048 CORONA-MENDEZ v. HOLDER

COUNSEL

Antonio Salazar, Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner.

Michael F. Hertz, Carol Federighi, and Mona Maria Yousif, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the Attor- ney General.

OPINION

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge:

The question presented here is whether the Board of Immi- gration Appeals (Board) erred in holding that the petitioner was not eligible for multiple waivers of removability and inadmissibility and thereby erred in denying…