Jose Medina-Lara v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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Filed Order for PUBLICATION (JOHN T. NOONAN, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS and MORGAN B. CHRISTEN) For reasons to be set forth in a disposition which will follow in due course, we grant Medina Lara s petition for review because the government did not meet its burden to show that his California convictions constitute predicate offenses for purposes of removability under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2). We, therefore, order the United States to release Medina Lara from custody immediately. SO ORDERED. [9218277]

Case: 13-70491

08/25/2014

ID: 9218277

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FILED
AUG 25 2014

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE LUIS MEDINA-LARA,
Petitioner,

No. 13-70491
Agency No. A079-361-360

v.
ORDER
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.

Before: NOONAN, HAWKINS, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
For reasons to be set forth in a disposition which will follow in due course, we
grant Medina–Lara’s petition for review because the government did not meet its
burden to show that his California convictions constitute predicate offenses for
purposes of removability under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2). We, therefore, order the
United States to release Medina–Lara from custody immediately.
SO ORDERED.