Sat Jagroop Singh Randhawa v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

Sat “Sonny” Randhawa argues that his conviction for possession of stolen mail is not an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(43)(G). In light of our en banc decision in United States v. Coroncu-San-chez, 291 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir.2002) (en banc), we must disagree.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Randhawa, a native citizen of India, entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1991. A couple years after he entered the United States, Ran-dhawa began to run into trouble with the law. In April of 1993, he was convicted in California Municipal Court for petty theft in violation of California Penal Code Section 490.1 after stealing two cartons of cigarettes. Three years later, in September of 1996, Randhawa was indicted in federal district court. The indictment charged Randhawa with two counts of delay of the mail, seven counts of mail theft, and one count of possession of stolen mail. On January 6,1997, and pursuant to a plea agreement, Randhawa pled guilty to only the count charging him with possession of stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708 . According to the judgment form, Randha-wa was “committed to the custody of the United States Bureau…