United States Ninth Circuit

Petitioner's petition for review of the BIA's order removing him from the United States is granted, where a conviction for owning a "chop shop" under Cal. Veh. Code section 10801 is not an aggravated felony theft offense under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(G).

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2009
• Decided 07/15/2009
• Published 07/15/2009

Judges

• Before:  D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kari Elisabeth Hong, Portland, OR, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Arthur Hunolt, Gladys Marta Steffens Guzman, Mona Maria Yousif, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.