MONTES-LOPEZ v. GONZALES

No. 05-76297.

486 F.3d 1163 (2007)

Mario MONTES-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe and Aruna Sury, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Mark C. Walters, and Jennifer L. Lightbody, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we consider whether the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") erred by failing to address petitioner's claim that he was denied his right to counsel at proceedings before the immigration judge ("IJ"). We conclude that the BIA so erred and remand for consideration of petitioner's claim.

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Mario Montes-Lopez, also known as Mario Morales-Abrego, is a native and citizen of El Salvador who entered the United States...

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