United States Ninth Circuit
Ortega-Lopez v. Lynch, 13-71127
In an immigration action, challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' published decision that a misdemeanor conviction for cockfighting is a categorical crime involving moral turpitude under 7 U.S.C. section 2156(a)(1), the petition is granted and the case remanded for reconsideration, with directions to consider the language of Nunez v. Holder, 594 F.3d 1124, 1127 (9th Cir. 2010).
Appellate Information
- Published 2016/08/23
Judges
- OWENS
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit