Case Name: Mario RICHARDS-DIAZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Adele J. FASANO, District Director, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-12-06
Citations: 273 F.3d 916
Docket Number: No. 99-56530; D.C. No. 99-CV-327 BTM (A35 001 128)
Parties: Mario RICHARDS-DIAZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Adele J. FASANO, District Director, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: BOOCHEVER, TASHIMA, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 916–917

Head Matter:
Mario RICHARDS-DIAZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Adele J. FASANO, District Director, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 99-56530.
D.C. No. 99-CV-327 BTM ([ AXX XXX XXX ])
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Filed Dec. 6, 2001.
Before: BOOCHEVER, TASHIMA, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
This case has been remanded by the United States Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of the Court's decision in INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289, 121 S.Ct. 2271, 150 L.Ed.2d 347 (2001). See Fasano v. Richards-Diaz, — U.S.-, 121 S.Ct. 2584, 150 L.Ed.2d 745 (2001). We asked for further briefing and, in such briefing, the parties agree that, in light of St. Cyr, petitioner is eligible to apply for discretionary relief from deportation under former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1994).
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is vacated and this case is remanded to the district court with directions that it further remand this case to the Board of Immigration Appeals for consideration of petitioner's application for discretionary relief from deportation.
. Section 212(c) was repealed by § 304(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996).