SOLIS-ESPINOZA v. GONZALES

No. 03-70625.

401 F.3d 1090 (2005)

Eduardo SOLIS-ESPINOZA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lappin, Aguirre & Cotman A.P.C., San Diego, CA, for the petitioner.

Joan E. Smiley, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, JOHN T. NOONAN, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.

Eduardo Solis-Espinoza petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming without opinion a final order of removal to Mexico. Petitioner contends that he is not removable because he is a United States citizen.

Though born in Mexico, Solis-Espinoza claims citizenship by virtue of the U.S. citizenship of the woman he knew as his mother. That woman, who was married to petitioner's biological father...

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