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COQUICO v. LYNCH

No. 09-73867.

789 F.3d 1049 (2015)

John Wesley Liwanag COQUICO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 17, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heliodoro Moreno, Jr. , Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause for the petitioner. Robert B. Jobe , Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, California, filed the briefs for the petitioner.

Juria L. Jones , Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for respondent. Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, filed the briefs for the petitioner. With him on the briefs were Michelle G. Latour , Assistant Director, and Phillip M. Truman , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

We must decide whether "unlawful laser activity" under state law is a crime involving moral turpitude.

I

On September 1, 2006, John Coquico, a citizen of the Philippines, was convicted of misdemeanor "unlawful laser activity" in violation...

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