Opinion
No. 05-70875.
The panel unanimously finds this ease suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
Filed August 3, 2009.
Gail A. Dulay, Esq., Law Office of Gail A. Dulay, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
District Director, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Arthur L. Rabin, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A079-154-398.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Mercedita Dial Valdellon, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her motion to reopen for adjustment of status. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir. 2003). We grant the petition for review and remand.
When considering Valdellon's appeal, the BIA did not have the benefit of our recent decision in Ahmed v. Mukasey, 548 F.3d 768, 772 (9th Cir. 2008), which held that the agency may not deny a motion to reopen for adjustment of status based solely on the government's objection. We therefore grant the petition for review and remand.
Valdellon's motion to supplement the record is denied as moot.