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Lopez v. Garland

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 8, 2021
No. 15-72406 (9th Cir. Jun. 8, 2021)

Opinion

15-72406

06-08-2021

Isaias Lorenzo Lopez, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, Respondent.

Jan Joseph Bejar and Nicole A. Leon, Law Offices of Jan Joseph Bejar P.L.C., San Diego, California; David J. Zimmer and Joshua J. Bone, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; for Petitioner. John W. Blakeley, Assistant Director; M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright and Patrick J. Glen, Senior Litigation Counsel; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent. Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae Retired Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Russell Reid Abrutyn, Abrutyn Law PLLC, Berkley, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae the American Immigration Lawyers Association.


Submitted En Banc June 1, 2021 [*] San Francisco, California

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency No. A078-242-814

Jan Joseph Bejar and Nicole A. Leon, Law Offices of Jan Joseph Bejar P.L.C., San Diego, California; David J. Zimmer and Joshua J. Bone, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; for Petitioner.

John W. Blakeley, Assistant Director; M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright and Patrick J. Glen, Senior Litigation Counsel; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae Retired Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Russell Reid Abrutyn, Abrutyn Law PLLC, Berkley, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Morgan Christen, Paul J. Watford, Mark J. Bennett, Eric D. Miller, Bridget S. Bade, Daniel P. Collins, Danielle J. Forrest, and Lawrence J. VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Judge.

We stayed en banc proceedings and submission of this case pending the issuance of an opinion by the United States Supreme Court in Niz-Chavez v. Barr, No. 19-863. The Supreme Court has now issued its opinion. Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 141 S.Ct. 1474 (2021). In light of the decision, we GRANT the Petition for Review and REMAND the case to the Board of Immigration Appeals for reconsideration in light of Niz-Chavez.

PETITION GRANTED. REMANDED. [*] The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).


Summaries of

Lopez v. Garland

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 8, 2021
No. 15-72406 (9th Cir. Jun. 8, 2021)
Case details for

Lopez v. Garland

Case Details

Full title:ISAIAS LORENZO LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 8, 2021

Citations

No. 15-72406 (9th Cir. Jun. 8, 2021)