DE MERCADO v. MUKASEY

Nos. 06-70361, 06-70366.

566 F.3d 810 (2009)

Maria De Lourdes Castro DE MERCADO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. Ildefonso Mercado Moran, Petitioner, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 21, 2008.

Amended May 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Mbacho, El Centro, CA, filed briefs on behalf of the petitioners.

Catherine Carroll, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the petitioners as courtappointed amicus curiae; Jonathan H. Becker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, filed briefs as court-appointed amicus curiae; John A. Rogovin was on the briefs.

Charles Canter, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the respondent; Luis E. Perez, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, filed a brief; John C. Cunningham, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, were on the brief.

Order; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON; Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.


ORDER AMENDING OPINION AND AMENDED OPINION

ORDER

The opinion filed in this case on August 21, 2008, 539 F.3d 1102, is amended as follows:

At page 11373 of the slip opinion, line 10, after the sentence concluding < scope of our review> delete <Even if the Mercados could demonstrate that the IJ misunderstood the support § 1183a requires Mr. Mercado's brother to provide, their claim is simply an argument...

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