Crisanto Carino Ragasa v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CRISANTO CARINO RAGASA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 12-72262
Agency No.
A037-485-221
ORDER
Filed February 24, 2014
Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, M. Margaret McKeown,
and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
For the reasons to be set forth in a disposition to follow,
we deny petitioner Ragasa’s claim for citizenship. However,
we grant the petition for review because his Hawai‘i state
conviction does not constitute a predicate offense for
purposes of removability under Section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the
INA. Therefore, we order the United States to release Ragasa
from custody forthwith.

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