United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of an order of removal is granted where petitioner's conviction under California Penal Code section 452(c) for "recklessly set[ting] fire to . . . a structure or forest land" was not a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. section 16(b).

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2006
• Decided 09/04/2007
• Published 09/04/2007

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:, Before:  MELVIN BRUNETTI, ALEX KOZINSKI and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul N. Medved, Law Offices of Paul N. Medved, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;  Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation;  Wayne C. Raabe, Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.