Rosario Gallo-Alvarez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Rosario Gallo-Alvarez, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Robert C. Eddy Doris Meissner John Ashcroft, Respondents-Appellants-Cross-Appellees

266 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2001) ROSARIO GALLO-ALVAREZ, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, v. JOHN ASHCROFT, * ATTORNEY GENERAL, RESPONDENT. ROSARIO GALLO-ALVAREZ, PETITIONER-APPELLEE-CROSS-APPELLANT, v. ROBERT C. EDDY; DORIS MEISSNER; JOHN ASHCROFT, ** RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS-CROSS-APPELLEES. Nos. 99-71038, 00-35238 and 00-35289 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted March 7, 2001 Filed September 21, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] Alice E. Loughram, Papu Sandhu, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, for the respondents-appellants-cross-appellees. Margaret D. Stock, Jeffrey Scott Moeller, Anchorage, Alaska, for the petitioner-appellee-cross-appellant. Petition to Review a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals INS No. Arf-aem-fhs Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska James K. Singleton, Chief Judge, Presiding D.C. No. CV-99-00502-JKS Before: Harry Pregerson, Sidney R. Thomas and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges. Thomas, Circuit Judge. 1 This consolidated case presents the question of whether 8 U.S.C. §§ 1231 (a)(5) permits the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), to…