United States Ninth Circuit

An alien inadmissible for accruing more than one year of unlawful presence is eligible for penalty-fee adjustment of status. A petition for review of a denial of an application for adjustment of status is granted in part where petitioner was eligible for penalty-fee adjustment of status.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2005
• Decided 02/23/2006
• Published 02/23/2006

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before: BROWNING, D.W. NELSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer M. Rotman, Immigrant Law Group LLP, Portland, OR, argued the cause for the petitioner;  Stephen W. Manning and Jessica M. Boell, Immigrant Law Group, Portland, OR, were on the briefs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry Pettinato, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the respondent;  Peter D. Keisler, M. JocelynLopez Wright, and Carol Federighi, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, were on the brief.