United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of an order of the BIA dismissing an appeal of a removal order on the ground that substantial evidence supported a finding that an immigration officer had the necessary reason to believe that petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, was knowingly involved in drug trafficking, petition is granted where the immigration judge misunderstood the relevant legal standard.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2011
• Published 07/14/2011

Judges

• WOLF

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dario Aguirre, John Hogan