Villagomez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROMIO VILLAGOMEZ, No. 23-3558 Agency No. Petitioner,

A220-986-286

v.

OPINION

JAMES R. MCHENRY III, Acting Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted December 3, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed January 24, 2025

Before: Timothy M. Tymkovich, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges. *

Opinion by Judge Tymkovich

* The Honorable Timothy M. Tymkovich, United States Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Immigration

Denying Romio Villagomez’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel concluded that Villagomez’s conviction for felony battery resulting in substantial bodily harm, Nevada Revised Statutes § 200.481(2)(b), is categorically a crime of violence aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F). A “crime of violence” is a crime “that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of…