United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing petitioner's appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order of removal based on a conviction of an aggravated felony, the petition is granted where the California offense of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or vehicle was not categorically a crime of violence as that term was defined in 18 U.S.C. section 16(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2010
• Published 10/26/2010

Judges

• Ronald M. Gould

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael K. Mehr, Manuel Palau