Ilangovan Govindarajan v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM ***

Petitioner Ilangovan Govindarajan petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals that he is removable because his convictions for six counts of aggravated assault under Arizona Revised Statutes §§ 13-1203(A)(3) and 13-1204(A)(8)(e) were for crimes involving moral turpitude (“CIMTs”) under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i)-(ii). Because Govindarajan’s convictions are not CIMTs, we grant the petition and remand.

The BIA concluded that Govindarajan’s convictions were not categorically CIMTs, and we agree. See Ceron v. Holder, 747 F.3d 773, 783 (9th Cir.2014) (en…