Anguiano-Medel v. Holder

MEMORANDUM **

Salvador Anguiano-Medel, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D) to review questions of law. Reviewing de novo, Garcia-Jimenez v. Gonzales, 488 F.3d 1082, 1085 (9th Cir.2007), we grant the petition for review and remand.

Under the modified categorical approach employed by the agency, we cannot conclude that Anguiano-Medel pleaded guilty to a crime related to a drug listed in the Controlled…