Board of Immigration Appeals· 7/1/2017

KIM

Citations

26 I. & N. Dec. 912

Syllabus

The crime of mayhem in violation of section 203 of the California Penal Code, which requires a malicious act that results in great bodily injury to another person, necessarily involves the use of violent force and is therefore categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) (2012).

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noting that California defines “great bodily injury” as a “significant or substantial injury” (citation omitted)
finding that under Ninth Circuit law an intentional act that is capable of causing great bodily injury to another necessarily involves the use of “violent force”
explaining that the BIA addressed only 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) because Dimaya v. Lynch “deemed § 16(b) to be unconstitutionally vague” and noting that certiorari had been granted
noting “Johnson . . . control[s] our interpretation of § 16(a)”

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