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ESTRADA-ESPINOZA v. MUKASEY

No. 05-75850.

546 F.3d 1147 (2008)

Juan Elias ESTRADA-ESPINOZA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saad Ahmad, Saad Ahmad & Associates; Fremont, CA, for the petitioner.

Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director; Bryan S. Beier, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jennifer Levings, Trial Attorney; Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Vikram K. Badrinath, Esquire, Vikram Badrinath, PC, Tucson, AZ, amicus curiae for the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Zachary Miller Nightingale and Avantika Shastri, Attorneys, Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP, San Francisco, CA, amicus curiae for the Immigration Legal Resource Center.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether a conviction under any of four California statutory rape provisions—California Penal Code §§ 261.5(c), 286(b)(1), 288a(b)(1), or 289(h)—constitutes the aggravated felony "sexual abuse of a minor" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43). We conclude that each statute defines conduct that is categorically broader than the generic definition of "sexual abuse of a minor" and grant...

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