Manuel Raya-Moreno v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Manuel Raya-Moreno, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. The BIA found Raya-Moreno removable under INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii) on the basis of convictions for two crimes it held categorically involved moral turpitude: stalking under California Penal Code § 646.9(a) and sexual battery under California Penal Code § 243.4(a). Raya-Moreno contests only the BIA’s conclusion that § 646.9(a) is categorically a crime…