Raul Morales-Izquierdo v. Department of Homeland Security

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAUL MORALES-IZQUIERDO, 

Petitioner-Appellant, v. No. 08-35965 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND  D.C. No. 2:03-cv-00089-TSZ

SECURITY; WILLIAM JOHNSTON,

District Director; ERIC H. HOLDER OPINION JR., Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Thomas S. Zilly, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed April 2, 2010

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

5111 5114 MORALES-IZQUIERDO v. DHS

COUNSEL

Robert Pauw, Gibbs Houston Pauw, Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant.

Papu Sandhu, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigra- tion Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondents- appellees. MORALES-IZQUIERDO v. DHS 5115

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Raul Morales (“Morales”) filed an application to adjust his immigration status to that of a lawful permanent resident. His…