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Sierra-Jacobo v. Garland

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 22, 2021
No. 19-71293 (9th Cir. Apr. 22, 2021)

Opinion

No. 19-71293

04-22-2021

MIGUEL ARMANDO SIERRA-JACOBO, AKA Miguel Armando Sierra, Petitioner, v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A073-433-960 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Miguel Armando Sierra-Jacobo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from immigration judge's decision denying his motion to terminate and ordering his removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Padilla-Martinez v. Holder, 770 F.3d 825, 830 (9th Cir. 2014). We grant the petition for review and remand.

In Cortes-Maldonado v. Barr, 978 F.3d 643, 653 (9th Cir. 2020), we held "'that illicit trafficking' does not include solicitation offenses and thus Oregon's former crime of marijuana delivery for consideration, Or. Rev. Stat § 475.860(2)(a), does not qualify as an aggravated felony under [8 U.S.C.] § 1101(a)(43)(B)." We therefore grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18 (2002) (per curiam).

Sierra-Jacobo's removal is stayed pending a decision by the BIA.

The government must bear the costs for this petition for review.

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.


Summaries of

Sierra-Jacobo v. Garland

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 22, 2021
No. 19-71293 (9th Cir. Apr. 22, 2021)
Case details for

Sierra-Jacobo v. Garland

Case Details

Full title:MIGUEL ARMANDO SIERRA-JACOBO, AKA Miguel Armando Sierra, Petitioner, v…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 22, 2021

Citations

No. 19-71293 (9th Cir. Apr. 22, 2021)