Case Name: Sharifa ALI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-11-16
Citations: 154 F. App'x 608
Docket Number: No. 04-70126
Parties: Sharifa ALI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 154
Pages: 608–608

Head Matter:
Sharifa ALI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-70126.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 8, 2005.
Decided: Nov. 16, 2005.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sharifa Ah, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's order pretermitting her application for adjustment of status on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 245.1(c)(8). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we grant the petition for review.
It is undisputed that Ali is an arriving alien who was proscribed from applying to adjust her status. See 8 C.F.R. § 245.1(c)(8) (an arriving alien who is in removal proceedings is ineligible to apply for adjustment of status). This regulation is invalid because it conflicts with the statute. See Bona v. Gonzales, 425 F.3d 663 (9th Cir.2005) ('We . hold that 8 C.F.R. § 245.1(c)(8) is invalid."). Because Ali "was improperly precluded from applying for adjustment of status during her removal proceedings," id., we grant the petition for review and remand for proceedings consistent with this disposition.
Because we grant relief under Bona, we decline to consider petitioner's other contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.