Hilario Rivas v. Janet Napolitano

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HILARIO RIVAS, No. 09-56843 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:09-cv-03287-

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JANET NAPOLITANO , Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; MICHAEL AYTES, Acting Director of ORDER AND U.S. Citizenship and Immigration AMENDED Services; DAVID DOUGLAS, USCIS OPINION Los Angeles Field Office Director, Los Angeles District Office USCIS; ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, U.S. Attorney General; JOHN F. KERRY ,* U.S. Department of State; RAYMOND MCGARTH , U.S. Consul General for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Valerie Baker Fairbank, District Judge, Presiding

* John F. Kerry is substituted for his predecessor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as Secretary of State. Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). RIVAS V . NAPOLITANO

Submitted February 11, 2011** Pasadena, California

Filed April 25, 2012 Amended March 28, 2013

Before: Harry Pregerson, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit…