United States Ninth Circuit

The crime of engaging in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than three years younger than the perpetrator under California Penal Code section 261.5(c) is not, absent aggravating factors, a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. section 16 for purposes of removal laws. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2004
• Decided 03/06/2006
• Published 03/06/2006

Judges

• Before:  DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, ROBERT E. COWEN, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Todd Bennett, El Cerrito, California, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Kiesler, Donald E. Keener, Greg D. Mack, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington D.C., for the respondent.