Crisanto Ragasa v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Filing
Filed Order for PUBLICATION (MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, M. MARGARET MCKEOWN and CARLOS T. BEA) For the reasons to be set forth in a disposition to follow, we deny petitioner Ragasa s claim for citizenship. However, we grant the petition for review because his Hawai i state conviction does not constitute a predicate offense for purposes of removability under Section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the INA. Therefore, we order the United States to release Ragasa from custody forthwith. [8989707]
Case: 12-72262
02/24/2014
ID: 8989707
DktEntry: 28
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FILED
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FEB 24 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CRISANTO CARINO RAGASA,
Petitioner,
No. 12-72262
Agency No. A037-485-221
v.
ORDER
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
For the reasons to be set forth in a disposition to follow, we deny petitioner
Ragasa’s claim for citizenship. However, we grant the petition for review because
his Hawai‘i state conviction does not constitute a predicate offense for purposes of
removability under Section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the INA. Therefore, we order the
United States to release Ragasa from custody forthwith.
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