Gary Tomczyk v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GARY TOMCZYK, No. 16-72926 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A029-468-078

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, ORDER AND Respondent. AMENDED

OPINION

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

Argued and Submitted En Banc September 21, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed December 14, 2021 Amended February 11, 2022

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Consuelo M. Callahan, Ryan D. Nelson, Eric D. Miller, Kenneth K. Lee, Danielle J. Forrest, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Order; Opinion by Judge Callahan SUMMARY *

Immigration

The en banc court filed (1) an order granting the respondent’s motion to amend the opinion filed on December 14, 2021; and (2) an amended opinion denying in part and dismissing in part Gary Tomczyk’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. In the amended opinion, the en banc court held that an individual’s inadmissible status renders that individual’s…