United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of an order of removal is granted where the government failed to show that petitioner's California Penal Code section 647.6(a) misdemeanor conviction, for annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18, made him removable on the ground that it constituted a "crime involving moral turpitude" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. section 1227(a)(2)(A)(i)(I).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/24/2008
• Published 04/24/2008

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, W. FLETCHER, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven A. Guilin, San Diego, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda S. Wernery, Janice K. Redfern, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.