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823 F.3d 279

Docket No. 15-60067.

Hernandez v. Lynch

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 4, 2016.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2016-05-04

2 counsel of record

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Applies TX PE § 22.05

Relies on Mercado v. Lynch · O. A. HERNANDEZ

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 2016-05-04

¶1Martha Elva Garza, Esq., Garza & Associates, Bellaire, TX, for Petitioner.

¶2*280Stefanie Notarino Hennes, Trial Attorney, Margot Lynne Nadel Carter, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

¶3Before HIGGINBOTHAM, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Petitioner Omar Alberto Hernandez, a citizen of Mexico, was determined ineligible for cancellation of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C) after an immigration judge concluded that his conviction for deadly conduct under Texas Penal Code § 22.05(a) was categorically a crime involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”). Petitioner appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which applied the “realistic probability” approach to hold that deadly conduct was categorically a CIMT and dismissed the appeal.1 For the reasons explained in Mercado v. Lynch, 14-60539, 823 F.3d 276, 278-79, 2016 WL 2586169 (5th Cir. May 4, 2016), we hold that the BIA applied the incorrect standard in analyzing whether Petitioner’s conviction constitutes a CIMT. We reverse and remand for the BIA to analyze Petitioner’s convictions under the minimum reading approach.

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