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Manuel NAVAR-DIAZ, aka Manuel Diaz, aka Manuel DeJesus Diaz, aka Manuel Navardiaz, aka Manuel DeJesus Navardiaz, aka Manuel Dejesus Vavardiaz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2016-06-20No. No. 13-72636
654 F. App'x 339

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MEMORANDUM

Manuel Navar-Diaz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review and remand.

The agency determined that Navar-Diaz’s theft conviction under California Penal Code § 487(a) was an aggravated felony theft offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G) that rendered him removable. At the time it decided this case, the agency did not have the benefit of this court’s decision in Lopez-Valencia v. Lynch, 798 F.3d 863, 871 (9th Cir. 2015), concluding that “California’s theft statute is both overbroad and indivisible ... and a conviction under it can never be a ‘theft offense’ as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G).” Because Navar-Diaz is no longer removable on this ground, we grant the petition for review, and remand.

In light of this disposition, we need not reach Navar-Diaz’s remaining contentions regarding due process or his request for a continuance.

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.