CUELLAR LOPEZ v. GONZALES

No. 04-2959.

427 F.3d 492 (2005)

Maria Dolores CUELLAR LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Roth (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Jocelyn Wright (argued), Song Park, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

After living in the United States continuously since 1982, Maria Dolores Cuellar Lopez (Cuellar) left the country with her youngest child, leaving her three other children in a friend's care, so that she could visit Mexico to find the father of her youngest child. She found him and discovered that he had another family living in Mexico. After staying in Mexico for about ten days, she flew back to the United States. At the Houston airport, immigration...

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