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142428P.pdf 08/06/2015 Jose Socorro Ortiz v. Loretta E. Lynch
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-2428
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
[PUBLISHED] [Bright, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Murphy, Circuit
Judge]
Petition for Review - Immigration. Because Minnesota's interpretation of
the phrase "force or violence" in its obstruction of legal process is
broader than the definition of physical force in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 16, a
conviction under Minn. Stat. Sec. 609.50, subd. 2(2) is not categorically
a crime of violence, and the BIA erred in upholding the IJ's decision that
the conviction was categorically a crime of violence requiring
petitioner's removal under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii); remanded for
further proceedings, in particular whether petitioner's conviction
subjects him to removal under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1227(a)(2)(A)(i) for a crime
involving moral turpitude.