Saturnino Sandoval v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SATURNINO SANDOVAL,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-74646
Agency No. A090-817-774
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 25, 2010**
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Saturnino Sandoval, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision finding him removable. We have jurisdiction under
FILED
JUN 10 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Delgado-Hernandez v.
Holder, 582 F.3d 930, 932 (9th Cir. 2009) (per curiam), and we deny the petition
for review.
The agency properly determined that Sandoval is removable as an
aggravated felon under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because his conviction under
California Penal Code § 207(a) for kidnapping is a crime of violence as defined by
8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F). See id. at 933 (kidnapping is categorically a crime of
violence under 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) because “all kidnapping cases carry a substantial
risk that force will be used”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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