Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Agustin Ortega-Lopez v. Loretta E. Lynch

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 23, 2016No. 13-71127Published

1ConcurrenceBea, Circuit Judge

I concur fully in Judge Owens’ opinion. I write separately only to emphasize the unsuitability of the Taylor framework for determining whether a particular crime is one involving moral turpitude. See Ceron v. Holder, 747 F.3d 773, 785-89 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc) (Bea, J., dissenting); Navarro-Lopez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1063, 1084-86 (9th Cir. 2007) (en banc) (Bea, J., dissenting) (“There is no generic federal crime of moral turpitude with elements similar to, or different from, a state crime of moral turpitude for the simple reason *1019-1035there is no state crime of moral turpitude. One has to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Navarro-Lopez v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  2. Ruben Ceron v. Eric H. Holder Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014

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