Case Name: Rosa Elena CONTRERAS-DE ELENA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-07
Citations: 395 F. App'x 372
Docket Number: No. 08-71321
Parties: Rosa Elena CONTRERAS-DE ELENA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 395
Pages: 372–373

Head Matter:
Rosa Elena CONTRERAS-DE ELENA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71321.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 23, 2010.
Filed Sept. 7, 2010.
Rico M. Sogocio, Esquire, Burgos & Sosa, PA, Coral Gables, FL, for Petitioner.
Christopher C. Fuller, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, District Counsel, Esquire, Office of The District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre Office of The District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Rosa Elena Contreras-De Elena, a native and citizen of Colombia, 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 exclusion proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review and remand.
The BIA dismissed Contreras-De Elena's appeal as moot because she departed during the pendency of her appeal. In an intervening opinion, Coyt v. Holder, 593 F.3d 902, 907 (9th Cir.2010), this court held that a petitioner's physical removal by the government while his motion to reopen was pending did not constitute withdrawal of the motion. We remand for the BIA to reconsider whether Contreras-De Elena's appeal is withdrawn in light of our holding in Coyt.
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Contreras-De Elena's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.