United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of an order of the BIA affirming determinations that petitioner's prior convictions are grounds for removal, petition is granted where BIA erred in holding that the commercial burglary convictions of petitioner, a native and citizen of Guatemala, are generic attempted theft offenses and in concluding that the convictions qualified as crimes involving moral turpitude.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2011
• Published 07/08/2011

Judges

• BERZON

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel