Case Name: Joaquin Flores MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-18
Citations: 259 F. App'x 972
Docket Number: No. 06-72526
Parties: Joaquin Flores MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, BEEZER, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 259
Pages: 972–972

Head Matter:
Joaquin Flores MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-72526.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 3, 2007.
Filed Dec. 18, 2007.
Deniz S. Arik, Stender & Pope, PC, Phoenix, AZ, Christopher J. Stender, Esq., Stender & Pope, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Phoenix, AZ, Nicole N. Murley, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: FARRIS, BEEZER, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Although Flores Mendoza admitted that he possessed and used cocaine at his removal hearing, BIA precedent requires that the alien be provided with all of the essential elements of the crime and that the crime must be explained in understandable terms prior to the admission. Matter of K, 7 I. & N. Dec. 594, 597 (BIA 1957). The record is devoid of any evidence that Flores Mendoza received the required definition.
On this record, Flores Mendoza qualifies for adjustment of status.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.