The following excerpt is from Hing Sum v. Holder, 602 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2010):
2 The only prior decision to address this issue was vacated by the panel. In Orozco v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1068 (9th Cir.2008), vacated by 546 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir.2008) (order), a panel of our court interpreted "admission" in 1101(a)(13)(A) to describe a substantively lawful entry into the United States.
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