Moises Ramirez-Contreras v. Jefferson Sessions

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

We deal once again with the question of whether a crime of conviction supporting an order of removal was a crime of moral turpitude. Such a conviction renders non-citizens statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C). In this case, Petitioner Moisés Ramirez-Contreras was convicted under California law for fleeing from a police officer. The California statute under which he was convicted is similar to many other statutes in that it criminalizes willful flight while driving in a wanton or reckless manner. It is unusual, however,…