Singh v. Chertoff, et al, No. 07-16988 (9th Cir. 2009)

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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RAJINDER PAL SINGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary Department of Homeland Security; NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees. ï£¼ ï£½ No. 07-16988 D.C. No. CV-07-03943-MMC Northern District of California, San Francisco ORDER ï£¾ Filed August 11, 2009 Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Jerome Farris and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges. ORDER The case is remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals for the limited purpose of ruling upon whether the Board had jurisdiction to hear Singh s ineffective assistance of counsel claims and what effect, if any, the Attorney General s recent opinion in In re Compean, 25 I&N Dec. 1, 3 (A.G. 2009), has on this case. The Board shall advise this court of any action or decision. 11163 PRINTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE U.S. COURTS BY THOMSON REUTERS/WEST SAN FRANCISCO The summary, which does not constitute a part of the opinion of the court, is copyrighted © 2009 Thomson Reuters/West.

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