Legal Opinion
Jose Roberto Fernandez-Ruiz v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 15, 2006No. 03-74533PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
This case was remanded to us by the en banc court. We now consider two principal issues: first, whether the petitioner’s two misdemeanor domestic assault convictions constitute crimes of moral turpitude rendering him removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii), and second, whether he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because his 1992 theft offense constitutes an aggravated felony as defined in section 1101(a)(43)(G).
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Jose Roberto Fernandez-Ruiz, a native and citizen of Mexico, was admitted to the United States as a…
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