Court Opinion

ID: 8461971
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-05 07:14:10.013096+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:49:09.999717
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MEMORANDUM **
Francisco Javier Sanchez-Mendoza, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings.
The BIA determined that Sanchez-Mendoza’s failure to resubmit his fingerprints was a sufficient reason to deny his application for cancellation of removal. The BIA, however, did not have the benefit of our intervening decision in Cui v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1289 (9th Cir.2008), which held that the denial of a continuance for fingerprint processing prior to April 2005 may be an abuse of discretion. We therefore remand for the BIA to reconsider its dismissal of Sanchez-Mendoza’s appeal. See id. at 1292-95; see also Karapetyan v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 1118, 1129-32 (9th Cir. 2008).
In light of our disposition, we need not address Sanchez-Mendoza’s due process contention.
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.