MIGUEL ARMANDO SIERRA-JACOBO, AKA Miguel Armando Sierra v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

19-71293Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApr 22, 2021

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MIGUEL ARMANDO SIERRA-JACOBO,
AKA Miguel Armando Sierra,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 19-71293
Agency No. A073-433-960
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 20, 2021**
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Miguel Armando Sierra-Jacobo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal
from immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to terminate and ordering
his removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
APR 22 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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questions of law. Padilla-Martinez v. Holder, 770 F.3d 825, 830 (9th Cir. 2014).
We grant the petition for review and remand.
In Cortes-Maldonado v. Barr, 978 F.3d 643, 653 (9th Cir. 2020), we held
“‘that illicit trafficking’ does not include solicitation offenses and thus Oregon’s
former crime of marijuana delivery for consideration, Or. Rev. Stat
§ 475.860(2)(a), does not qualify as an aggravated felony under [8 U.S.C.]
§ 1101(a)(43)(B).” We therefore grant the petition for review and remand for
further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S.
12, 16-18 (2002) (per curiam).
Sierra-Jacobo’s removal is stayed pending a decision by the BIA.
The government must bear the costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

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