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MONTES-LOPEZ v. HOLDER

No. 08-70229.

694 F.3d 1085 (2012)

Mario MONTES-LOPEZ, aka Mario Morales-Abrego, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gregory G. Katsas , Aviva L. Poczter , and Craig A. Newell, Jr. (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and MARY H. MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and RANER C. COLLINS, District Judge.

OPINION

COLLINS, District Judge:

Petitioner Mario Montes-Lopez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of removal. Petitioner's attorney failed to appear at a scheduled merits hearing before an Immigration Judge ("IJ") because his license to practice law had been temporarily suspended. The Immigration Judge found that Petitioner may have learned of his attorney's suspension as much as eleven days before the hearing, and concluded...

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