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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 06 2012 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT KARINA PIMENTEL-ORNELAS, No. 09-70437 Petitioner, Agency No. A073-949-310 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Remand From The United States Supreme Court Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.** Karina Pimentel-Ornelas petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order upholding an immigration judge’s denial of cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a). In our original decision, we relied on Mercado-Zazueta v. Holder,
580 F.3d 1102(9th Cir. 2009), to hold that Pimentel- Ornelas could impute her father’s legal status to herself to meet the five-year * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** Following the death of Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, Judge Harry Pregerson was drawn to replace Judge Rymer on the panel. lawful permanent residence requirement under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(1). We therefore granted the petition for review. Pimentel-Ornelas v. Holder, 432 F. App’x 681 (9th Cir. 2011) (unpublished). The Supreme Court granted certiorari, vacated our decision, and remanded for reconsideration in light of Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez,
132 S. Ct. 2011, 2017 (2012). See Holder v. Pimentel- Ornelas,
132 S. Ct. 2680(2012). Because Mercado-Zazueta is no longer valid precedent on the issue of imputation under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b, see Sawyers v. Holder, — F.3d —,
2012 WL 2507513(9th Cir. June 29, 2012) (per curiam), we now reject Pimentel-Ornelas’ imputation argument concerning her father’s lawful permanent residence. We remand, however, for the BIA to address in the first instance Pimental- Ornelas’ contention that she had accrued five years of lawful permanent residence by the time the BIA issued its decision. See Sinotes-Cruz v. Gonzales,
468 F.3d 1190, 1197 (9th Cir. 2006) (“stop time” provision at 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(1) does not apply to five-year requirement of § 1229b(a)(1)). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED. 2 09-70437
Document Info
Docket Number: 09-70437
Citation Numbers: 475 F. App'x 223
Judges: Pregerson, Thomas, Paez
Filed Date: 8/6/2012
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 11/5/2024