Amos v. Lynch, No. 13-2005 (4th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a citizen of the Philippines, challenged the BIA's dismissal of his appeal of an IJ's order of removal and denial of his motion for reconsideration. The BIA determined that petitioner's 1990 Maryland conviction for "causing abuse to a child," qualified as an aggravated felony" under the generic crime of "sexual abuse of a minor," and he was therefore removeable. Because the least culpable conduct under the former Maryland statute prohibiting sexual abuse of a child does not necessarily qualify as the generic federal offense of “sexual abuse of a minor,” as interpreted by the BIA, the court granted the petition for review and vacated the order of removal.
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