Aron-Vasquez

MEMORANDUM **

. Gorgonio Aron-Vasquez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review from the affirmance by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ) finding Aron-Vasquez statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal because he had committed a crime of domestic violence. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(E)(i). We have jurisdiction to consider the legal question whether Aron-Vasquez’s conviction was a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 16 and therefore a crime of domestic violence, and we review de novo. See Ortega-Mendez v. Gonzales, 450 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir.2006).

Aron-Vasquez pled guilty to Count 2 of an eight-count criminal complaint, which reads as follows:

[AR p. 204] His plea agreement states in paragraph 1 that Aron-Vasquez pleads guilty to Count 2, and in paragraph 19 states “I now plead guilty ... and admit the charges, convictions, and violations of probation described in paragraph # 1, above, because I am guilty.” The IJ held that this was a domestic violence conviction barring Aron-Vasquez from cancellation of removal, and the BIA dismissed his appeal, concluding that his conviction qualified as “a domestic…