MONTOYA v. HOLDER

No. 11-72483.

744 F.3d 614 (2014)

Martha Guadalupe MONTOYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Medina , Buena Park, California, for Petitioner.

Manuel A. Palau , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: JEROME FARRIS, N. RANDY SMITH, and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Martha Guadalupe Montoya, is a native and citizen of Mexico who illegally entered the United States and was ordered removed on January 25, 1996. In February 1996, she re-entered the United States illegally and remained there. On January 7, 1997, her brother — a United States citizen — filed a Form I-130 petition for a visa based on a family relationship, and it was approved. She was then placed...

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