United States Ninth Circuit

California Penal Code section 475(c) encompasses conduct involving real, unaltered documents and thus is not categorically an offense "relating to ... forgery" under INA section 101(a)(43)(R).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2008
• Published 01/23/2008

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  JOHN R. GIBSON , MARSHA S. BERZON, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Adura-Miranda, Erika S. Rivera & Evangeline G. Abriel, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, & Stephen M. Elliott, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.