United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where convictions for solicitation to commit rape by force, in violation of Cal. Pen. Code section 653f(c), and solicitation to commit assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, in violation of Cal. Pen. Code section 653f(a), constitute crimes of violence under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(F) for immigration law purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/15/2009
• Decided 08/26/2009
• Published 08/26/2009

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:, Before: BARRY G. SILVERMAN, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Jobe (argued) and Sara E. Coppin, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Anthony C. Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel; and Jesse M. Bless (argued), Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.