United States Ninth Circuit

In an immigration action, seeking review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of cancellation of removal, the petition for review is granted where petitioner’s conviction for perjury under California Penal Code section 118 was: 1) not a categorical crime involving moral turpitude; 2) divisible as it criminalized both written and oral perjury; and 3) is not a crime involving moral turpitude under the modified categorical approach.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/03/10

Judges

• PAEZ

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel