221739P.pdf   08/21/2023  Chantelle Robbertse  v.  Merrick B. Garland
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-1739
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Grasz and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Immigration. Petitioner, a citizen of Africa who became a lawful permanent 
   resident of the United States in 2012, pleaded guilty to aggravated 
   identity theft predicated on wire fraud; the Board of Immigrations appeals 
   did not err in concluding that petitioner's conviction was a qualifying 
   aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. sec. 1101(a)(43)(M)(i), making her 
   removable pursuant to sec. 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii); the Board was not limited 
   to considering only the elements of petitioner's offense of conviction; 
   under the applicable circumstances-specific approach, petitioner's 
   conviction qualified as an aggravated felony given her express admission 
   that she had aided and abetted a scheme to defraud a victim of more than 
   $475,000; the Board did not apply the wrong legal standard in finding 
   petitioner ineligible for withholding of removal nor did it err in denying 
   CAT relief.