United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a dismissal by the BIA of petitioner's appeal from an order of removal is granted where the BIA's holding, that she was ineligible to apply for suspension of deportation under former INA section 244(a)(2), was an impermissibly retroactive application of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2006
• Decided 08/09/2007
• Published 08/09/2007

Judges

• Before:  SUSAN P. GRABER, W. FLETCHER, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Ayala and Alma Cobos-Ayala, Law Offices of Cobos & Ayala, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Grimes and Mary Jane Candaux, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.