Juan Inzunza Reyna v. William P. Barr

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Juan Inzunza Reyna, a citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals that he is ineligible for cancellation of removal because he sustained a prior conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude. We agree with the Board and therefore deny the petition.

Reyna entered the United States from Mexico illegally in 1998. In September 2008, he pleaded guilty to theft by receiving stolen property, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-517 (1977). The Nebraska statute declares that "[a] person commits theft if he receives, retains, or…