SALAZAR-REGINO v. TROMINSKI

No. 03-41492.

415 F.3d 436 (2005)

Laura Estela SALAZAR-REGINO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E.M. TROMINSKI, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Teodulo Cantu-Delgadillo, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E.M. Trominski, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Daniel Carrizales-Perez, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Aaron Cabrera, Acting Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Acting Director HLG/DO; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Manuel Sandoval-Herrera, Petitioner-Appellant, Aaron Cabrera, Acting Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Raul Hernandez Pantoja, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States; Charles Arendale, Acting Director, Respondents-Appellees. Jose Martin Oviedo-Sifuentes, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles Arendale, Acting Director; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Cesar Lucio, Petitioner-Appellant, Charles Arendale, Acting Director; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Praxedis Rodriguez, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Aaron Cabrera; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. Nohemi Rangel-Rivera, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Aaron Cabrera; Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Brodyaga (argued), Refugio de Rio Grande, San Benito, TX, Jodilyn Marie Goodwin, Jodi Goodwin Law Office, Harlingen, TX, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Margaret J. Perry, OIL, Paul Fiorino (argued), Civ. Div., Imm. Lit., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners are lawful permanent resident aliens who pleaded guilty to marihuana possession offenses and received deferred adjudication in state court. Based on their guilty pleas, the government successfully sought their removal from the United States. Although at the time of their guilty pleas the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") interpreted the relevant immigration statutes as not requiring removal for this type of deferred...

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