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ROMERO-MENDOZA v. HOLDER

No. 08-74674.

665 F.3d 1105 (2011)

Joseph Haaron ROMERO-MENDOZA, aka Joe Romero, aka Joseph Romero, aka Joseph A. Romero, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Lynn III , Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, AZ, for petitioner Joseph Haaron Romero-Mendoza.

Claire L. Workman (argued), Luis E. Perez , Office of Immigration Litigation, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Washington D.C., for respondent Eric Holder Jr., Attorney General of the United States.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT J. TIMLIN, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Haaron Romero-Mendoza (Romero) petitions this court for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal. The BIA found that Romero was removable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because he had committed a crime of violence and failed to establish entitlement to relief from removability. Romero contends that he obtained derivative citizenship from his mother's naturalization...

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