Legal Opinion
Morales-Izquierdo v. Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2010No. 08-35965PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Raul Morales (“Morales”) filed an application to adjust his immigration status to that of a lawful permanent resident. His application was denied because his prior removal from the United States made him “inadmissible.” Morales filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the rejection by an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) official of his adjustment-of-status application, denial of which by the district court prompted this appeal.
Morales contends that under our circuit’s interpretation of the relevant statute at the time…
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