Lopez-Gutierrez

Lopez-Gutierrez v. Mukasey

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277 F. App'x 678
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 5, 2008No. 06-75836California255 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Moisés Lopez-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction *679 pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing de novo, Mohammed, v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005), we grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings.

Our recent decisions in United States v. Vidal, 504 F.3d 1072, 1086 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc), and Navarro-Lopez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1063, 1073 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc), held respectively that accessories after the fact are covered by Cal. Vehicle Code § 10851 (a), and that accessory-after-the-fact liability is not necessarily morally turpitudinous. Because “[w]e have before us a record of conviction that is inconclusive” as to the factual predicate for Lopez-Gutierrez’s conviction, see Sandoval-Lua v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 1121, 1132 (9th Cir.2007), he has established prejudice from prior counsel’s failure to contend that his conviction was not a crime involving moral turpitude. See Mohammed, 400 F.3d at 794 (a petitioner “must demonstrate only…

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