Pauline IM; et al. Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-70027.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted May 17, 2007.
Filed June 19, 2009.
Emmanuel Eke Enyinwa, Esquire, Law Office of Emmanuel Enyinwa, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Blair O’Connor, Assistant Director, OIL, Donald E. Keener, Esquire, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
*117Before: B. FLETCHER, SILER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
In light of the United States Supreme Court decision in Negusie v. Holder, — U.S.-, 129 S.Ct. 1159, 173 L.Ed.2d 20 (2009), we remand this action to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for reconsideration consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion and to conduct whatever additional factfinding that “may be prudent and necessary” in light of the BIA’s new standard for application of the persecutor bar. Id. at 1168. The panel retains jurisdiction over any future appellate proceedings in this matter.
REMANDED.