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Parties Involved:
Alberto Gonzalez
Respondent
Lucio Marin-Jordan
Petitioner
David Still
Respondent

Document Text:

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LAW OFFICE OF RICCI & SPROULS 

Attorneys at Law 

445 Washington Street 

San Francisco, California 94111 

(415) 391 2100 

FAX (415) 391 4678 

FRANK P. SPROULS State Bar #166019 

Attorney for Petitioner 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LUCIO MARIN-JORDAN 

Petitioner/Appellant 

v. 

ALBERTO GONZALEZ, 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

STATES AND 

David Still, 

Acting District Director, San 

Francisco Office, U.S. 

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION 

SERVICE 

Respondent. 

 

 

NOTICE TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS 

BASED ON RECENT, DISPOSITIVE 

NINTH CIRCUIT CASE LAW 

C-07-3566 PJH 

The writ in this matter seeks to compel the Respondent to 

adjudicate an Adjustment of Status application in conjunction 

with a “Waiver to Re-Enter after Deportation or Removal.” 

 It was our contention that the Respondents have 

jurisdiction to adjudicate these twin applications under the 

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holding of Perez-Gonzalez v. Gonalez 379 F.3D. 783 (9TH Cir. 

2004). 

Perez-Gonzalez stood for the proposition that it is true 

that the Attorney general may reinstate a prior order of 

Deportation or Removal under 8 USC 1251 (a) (5) however, if the 

alien has filed a waiver of the prior order of Deportation or 

Removal, the Attorney General is statutorily bound to first 

adjudicate the waiver. 

 However, the Ninth Circuit has (regrettably) explicitly 

overruled Perez-Gonzlez in Duran v. Dep’t of Homeland Security, 

07-35021 (9th Cir. Nov. 30, 2007). 

Given that the writ seeks to compel agency action on an 

application over which the Respondents have no jurisdiction, the 

Writ of mandamus is herby voluntarily withdrawn as moot. 

Dated;______________ 2007 

________/s/____________ 

Frank P. Sprouls 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

02/5/07

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