DENT v. HOLDER

No. 09-71987.

627 F.3d 365 (2010)

Sazar DENT, aka Cesar Augusto Jimenez-Mendez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne R. Traum , Supervising Attorney and Holly E. Cheong , Student Attorney, University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law, Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic, Las Vegas, NV, for the petitioner.

Paul Fiorino , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, A. WALLACE TASHIMA and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

We address an alien's right to see his "A-file" during proceedings against him.

I. Facts

The Department of Homeland Security initiated removal proceedings against Dent on the ground that he was not an American citizen or national, and had been convicted of an aggravated felony. He has lived in the United States since 1981, but according to the government...

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