Jean-Louis v. Attorney General of the United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether simple assault under Pennsylvania law, where the victim is under 12 years of age and the assailant is over 20 years of age, is a crime involving moral turpitude for purposes of cancellation of removal. In doing so we must address a recent opinion of the Attorney General that adopts a novel framework for determining whether a petitioner has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”). We conclude that the petitioner was not convicted of a CIMT, and that we will apply our established methodology for…