Jose Estrada-Rodriguez v. Loretta Lynch

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Jose Estrada-Rodriguez (“Estrada”) petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ordering him removed from the United States because of his conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT). See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). An Immigration Judge (IJ) initially determined that Estrada’s conviction under Arkansas Code Annotated § 5-13-205, as in effect in 2004, is not a CIMT. After the BIA reopened and remanded Estrada’s case to the IJ, the IJ reconsidered the status of Estrada’s conviction and determined that it constitutes a CIMT. The BIA…