Fernando Cordero-Garcia v. Merrick Garland
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FERNANDO CORDERO-GARCIA, AKA No. 19-72779 Fernando Cordero, Petitioner, Agency No.
A014-690-577
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted February 11, 2022 San Francisco, California
Filed August 15, 2022
Before: Andrew D. Hurwitz and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Barry Ted Moskowitz, * District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Moskowitz; Dissent by Judge VanDyke
* The Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation. CORDERO-GARCIA V. GARLAND
SUMMARY **
Immigration
Granting Fernando Cordero-Garcia’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, and remanding, the panel held that dissuading or attempting to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California Penal Code (“CPC”) § 136.1(b)(1), is not a categorical match to “an offense relating to obstruction of justice” aggravated felony under 8…