United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction for identity theft under Oregon Revised Statute section 165.800 is not categorically a conviction for an aggravated felony theft offense for the purposes of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/10/2008
• Decided 05/22/2008
• Published 05/22/2008

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  STEPHEN REINHARDT, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matt Adams, Esq., Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Esq., Allen W. Hausman, Esq., Brooke M. Maurer, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, WA, D.C., for the respondent.