The Ninth Circuit granted the petition for review and remanded, holding that the petitioner’s conviction for grand theft, in violation of California Penal Code §487(a), was not a categorical aggravated felony, because the statute is doubly overbroad in that it permits a conviction for theft of labor while the generic definition of theft does not, and also permits a conviction for a consensual taking.

Aggravated felony

Felony conviction

Violent felony

Felony immigration violation