Gonzalez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NAHUM GONZALEZ, 

Petitioner, No. 05-74165 v.  Agency No.

A031-086-033

ERIC H. HOLDER JR., Attorney General, ORDER Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted February 1, 2010* Pasadena, California

Filed February 8, 2010

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Harry Pregerson, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.

COUNSEL

Murray D. Hilts, San Diego, California, for the petitioner.

Joan E. Smiley, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

2165 2166 GONZALEZ v. HOLDER

ORDER

Petitioner Nahum Gonzalez filed a petition for review of a final administrative order of removal. Petitioner’s wife and child are United States citizens. Petitioner sought, among other things, the right to apply for adjustment of status. Unfor- tunately, while this petition for review was pending, Petitioner…