Casas-Castrillon

MEMORANDUM *

Luis Felipe Casas-Castrillon, a native and citizen of Columbia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision finding him removable for two convictions of crimes involving moral turpitude and ineligible for cancellation of removal. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1227 (a) (2) (A)(ii), 1229b(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1). We grant the petition and remand to the BIA for further proceedings.

Casas-Castrillon was granted temporary resident status in April 1989 and became a lawful permanent resident in September 1990. In 1993, he pled guilty to vehicle burglary in violation of Cal.Penal Code § 459. The administrative record contains a felony complaint and minute order evidencing the 1993 conviction. In 2000, Casas-Castrillon again pled guilty to vehicle burglary in violation of Section 459. There is a felony complaint and abstract of judgment evidencing the 2000 conviction in the record.

The BIA held that Casas-Castrillon’s 1993 conviction stopped the accrual of the seven years of continuous residence required to be eligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1229b(d)(l)(B), *661 1229b(a)(2). In so holding, the BIA found his…