Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-05-10 21:09:16+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              MAY 10 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ESTHER PORTILLO,                                 No. 09-70334

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A075-512-287

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted April 20, 2011 **

Before:        RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

       Esther Portillo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an

immigration judge’s order pretermitting her application for cancellation of

removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
questions of law, Mercado-Zazueta v. Holder, 580 F.3d 1102, 1104 (9th Cir.

2009), and we grant the petition for review.

      The BIA decided this case without the benefit of our decision in Mercado-

Zazueta v. Holder, in which we held that for purposes of satisfying the five years

of lawful permanent residence required under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(1), a parent’s

status as a lawful permanent resident is imputed to the unemancipated minor

children residing with that parent. 580 F.3d at 1113-16. Accordingly, we grant the

petition for review and remand to the BIA for further proceedings. See INS v.

Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16 (2002) (per curiam).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

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