Case Name: Armando CASAREZ-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-01-12
Citations: 161 F. App'x 713
Docket Number: No. 04-75085
Parties: Armando CASAREZ-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 161
Pages: 713–713

Head Matter:
Armando CASAREZ-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-75085.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 9, 2006.
Decided Jan. 12, 2006.
Armando Casarez-Gonzalez, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of the District Chief Counsel, Phoenix, AZ, Richard M. Evans, Esq., David E. Dauenheimer, Esq., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HUG, O’SCANNLAIN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Armando Casarez-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance without opinion of an immigration judge's ("IJ") removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, Parrilla v. Gonzales, 414 F.3d 1038, 1040 (9th Cir.2005), and deny the petition for review.
Reviewing de novo, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005), we conclude that the IJ properly determined that Casarez-Gonzalez's felony conviction pursuant to California Penal Code § 261.5(d) for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who was under 16 years of age is a conviction for "sexual abuse of a minor." Applying the categorical approach required by Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 600, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990), it is clear that § 261.5(d) punishes conduct that "indisputably falls within the common, everyday meanings of the words 'sexual' and 'minor.' Moreover, . [t]he use of young children for the gratification of sexual desires constitutes an abuse." United States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144, 1147 (9th Cir.1999). Accordingly, Casarez-Gonzalez is removable as an aggravated felon. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(A), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.