Mario Sandoval-Gomez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIO SANDOVAL-GOMEZ, AKA No. 10-73448 Milton Alvarado-Sandine, Petitioner, Agency No.

A092-563-965

v.

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted June 3, 2014—Pasadena, California

Filed September 22, 2014

Before: Ronald M. Gould and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Chief District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge England

* The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., Chief District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation. SANDOVAL-GOMEZ V. HOLDER

SUMMARY**

Immigration

The panel denied Mario Sandoval-Gomez’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision, following remand, that his conviction for attempted arson, in violation of California Penal Code § 455, constituted an aggravated felony as an offense described in the federal explosive materials statute, 18 U.S.C. § 844(f), (i).

The panel held that given the scope of the BIA’s…