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Cesar Ramos BAUTISTA, a.k.a. Ramos Bautista Cesar, a.k.a. Bautist Bokyo, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 07-72051.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Nov. 21, 2011.
    
    Filed Nov. 22, 2011.
    Cesar Ramos Bautista, El Centro, CA, pro se.
    Remi Da Rocha-Afodu, Trial, Linda S. Wendtland, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Cesar Ramos Bautista, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Khan v. Holder, 584 F.3d 773, 776 (9th Cir.2009), and we grant the petition for review.

Bautista’s conviction for commercial burglary in violation of Cal.Penal Code §§ 459 and 460(b) is not categorically an aggravated felony burglary offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G). See United States v. Aguila-Montes de Oca, 655 F.3d 915, 944 (9th Cir.2011) (en banc) (California burglary is categorically broader than generic burglary because California’s definition of ‘unlawful or unprivileged entry,’ unlike the generic definition, permits a conviction for burglary of a structure open to the public and of a structure that the defendant is licensed or privileged to enter).

The conviction records relating to Bau-tista’s burglary conviction indicate a plea to “willfully and unlawfully entering] a commercial building occupied by Wells Fargo Bank, Daly City, with the intent to commit larceny or any felony, in violation of Penal Code section 460(b).” This is insufficient under the modified categorical approach to demonstrate that his conviction necessarily rested on facts satisfying the elements of generic burglary. See id. at 945-46 (“[Q]uite simply, the word ‘unlawfully’ in [petitioner’s] indictment tells us nothing about whether his entry was ‘unlawful or unprivileged’ in the generic sense.”).

The record does not establish that Bau-tista’s conviction for commercial burglary is an aggravated felony burglary offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G), and he is therefore not removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Because the documents of conviction in the record “cannot possibly be interpreted” to establish that Bautista was convicted of generic burglary, we grant the petition for review without remand and vacate the removal order. Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 466 F.3d 1121, 1133 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc).

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMOVAL ORDER VACATED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.