22 F. App'x 771

Roberto Candelario CASTILLO-GALVAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT *, Attorney General, Respondent.

No. 00-70148.

I & NS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Argued April 13, 2001.

Submitted Aug. 8, 2001.

Decided Nov. 14, 2001.

Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

Roberto Candelario Castillo-Galvan petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals finding him removable as an aggravated felon under INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(iii), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Petitioner was convicted on May 22, 1998 of driving under the influence of alcohol with prior convictions, in violation of California Vehicle Code §§ 23152(b) and 23175.5.

In United States v. Trinidad-Aquino, 259 F.3d 1140 (9th Cir.2001), we held that driving under the influence of alcohol and causing bodily injury, in violation of California Vehicle Code § 23153, is not a “crime of violence” as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 16. We reasoned that § 23153 could be violated through negligence, whereas a “crime of violence” could be committed only with a mental state of at least recklessness. See Trinidad-Aquino, 259 F.3d at 1144-1146.

*772Section 23152 is similar to § 23153, but lacks the element of bodily injury. Like § 23153, it can be violated through negligence, as can § 23175.5, which criminalizes multiple convictions under § 23152 or § 23153.

We therefore hold that Castillo-Galvan was not convicted of a “crime of violence,” and accordingly was not convicted of an aggravated felony as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F).

PETITION GRANTED.

Castillo-Galvan v. Ashcroft
22 F. App'x 771

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Castillo-Galvan v. Ashcroft
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