Jorge Alberto Hernandez-Mezquita v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2002-06-20

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OPINION WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge. Jorge Alberto Hernandez-Mezquita, a native and citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States from Mexico .without inspection on June 15, 1985. Hernandez-Mezquita filed an asylum application on April 7, 1997. The INS then initiated removal proceedings against him on April 11, 1997. He now petitions for revie…

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