CEREZO v. MUKASEY

Nos. 05-74688, 05-75213.

512 F.3d 1163 (2008)

Angel CEREZO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. Angel Cerezo, Petitioner, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas Guttentag, Monica M. Ramirez, ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, Oakland, CA, and Peter J. Eliasberg, Ahilan T. Arulanantham, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner.

Jennifer J. Keeney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before: MARSHA S. BERZON and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and JAMES K. SINGLETON, Senior District Judge.


IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

In this case we consider whether a violation of California Vehicle Code § 20001(a) (leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injury or death) is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii). We hold it is not.

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Angel Cerezo is a native and citizen of Spain who entered the United States in 1966 and was granted immigrant status in 1973. On January 16, 1998...

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