Pattie Walcott v. Merrick Garland

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21 F.4th 590
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 22, 202118-70393California9,480 words

Opinion

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PATTIE PAGE WALCOTT, AKA Pattie No. 18-70393 Clark, AKA Pattie Watson, Petitioner, Agency No.

A075-930-578

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.

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

Submitted June 5, 2020 Submission Vacated January 6, 2021 Argued and Submitted February 18, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed December 22, 2021

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Marsha S. Berzon, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tashima; Concurrence by Judge Berzon; Dissent by Judge Collins SUMMARY*

Immigration

Granting Pattie Page Walcott’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel held that Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-3405(A)(4), which prohibits certain conduct relating to marijuana, is overbroad and divisible; 2) Walcott’s § 13-3505(A) convictions, which involved categories in the statute involving the smallest quantity of marijuana, were not crimes involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”); and 3) Walcott was therefore not removable.

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