Conejo-Bravo v. Sessions, No. 13-72280 (9th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision that petitioner's felony hit and run conviction under California Vehicle Code 20001(a) was a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT), rendering him ineligible for cancellation of removal. In this case, petitioner admitted in his plea agreement that he was involved in a car accident that led to injury. The panel applied the modified categorical approach and held that a felony conviction for traditional hit and run causing injury qualifies as a CIMT under current controlling precedent.
Court Description: Immigration. The panel denied Leonardo Conejo-Bravo’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision that his felony hit and run conviction under California Vehicle Code § 20001(a) was a crime involving moral turpitude that rendered him ineligible for cancellation of removal. The panel reaffirmed that California Vehicle Code § 20001(a) is divisible into several crimes some of which may involve moral turpitude and some of which may not. Applying the modified categorical approach, the panel noted that Conejo-Bravo admitted in his plea agreement that he was involved in a car accident that led to injury. The panel therefore concluded that the elements of his conviction made out a felony conviction for traditional hit and run causing injuries that qualifies as a crime involving moral turpitude under current controlling precedent.
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