McDonald v. Gonzales

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELLEN VALLE MCDONALD,  Petitioner, No. 03-71986 v.  Agency No. A44-435-234 ALBERTO GONZALES,* Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted February 7, 2005—Pasadena, California Filed: March 2, 2005 Before: Warren J. Ferguson, John T. Noonan and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Hawkins *Alberto Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.…