Case Name: Jamshid ZERAFAT, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-08
Citations: 285 F. App'x 383
Docket Number: No. 04-72828
Parties: Jamshid ZERAFAT, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 285
Pages: 383–383

Head Matter:
Jamshid ZERAFAT, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72828.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2008.
Filed July 8, 2008.
Richard Katzman, for Petitioner.
CAS-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, John C. Cunningham, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil, Luis E. Perez, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, for Respondent.
Before: REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jamshid Zerafat, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application under 8 U.S.C. § 1186a(c)(4)(B) for a waiver of the requirement that he and his wife file a joint petition to remove the conditional status of his lawful permanent residence. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review.
Zerafat contends that the IJ violated his due process rights by aggressively examining him. Although Zerafat raised this claim before the BIA, the BIA failed to address it. We therefore remand for further proceedings. See Montes-Lopez v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 1163, 1165 (9th Cir. 2007) ("When a petitioner raises a claim based on a purported procedural defect of the proceedings before the IJ, the only administrative entity capable of independently addressing that claim is the BIA."); see also INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
In light of our disposition, we decline to reach the issue of Zerafat's eligibility for a good faith marriage waiver.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.