Case Name: Alicia BETANCOURT-FLORES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-11-22
Citations: 459 F. App'x 598
Docket Number: No. 06-73846
Parties: Alicia BETANCOURT-FLORES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 459
Pages: 598–599

Head Matter:
Alicia BETANCOURT-FLORES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-73846.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Nov. 21, 2011.
Filed Nov. 22, 2011.
J. Manuel Sanchez, Esq., J. Manuel Sanchez & Associates, San Ysidro, CA, for Petitioner.
CAS-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Joan E. Smiley, Esq., Richard M. Evans, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Alicia Betancourt-Flores, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Renteria-Morales v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 1076, 1080 (9th Cir.2008), and we grant the petition for review.
The agency erred when it applied the modified categorical approach to determine that Betancourt-Flores's conviction for second degree burglary under Cal.Penal Code § 459 constituted an aggravated felony "attempted theft" offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G) and (U), rendering her ineligible for relief from removal. See Ngaeth v. Mukasey, 545 F.3d 796, 801 (9th Cir.2008) (a conviction under Cal.Penal Code § 459 constitutes an attempted theft offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G) and (U) if the documents in the record of conviction establish that it involved an intent to commit a generic theft offense "coupled with an overt act constituting a substantial step towards the commission of the offense"); Hernandez-Cruz v. Holder, 651 F.3d 1094, 1101-04 (9th Cir.2011) (entry into a commercial building does not constitute a substantial step supporting a conviction for attempted theft).
In addition, the agency found Betane-ourt-Flores removable due to her convictions for second degree burglary and possession of a controlled substance without the benefit of our intervening decisions in Hernandez-Cruz, 651 F.3d at 1105-09 (bare elements of California commercial burglary do not qualify as CIMT as they do not match the elements of any generic CIMT, qualify as fraudulent conduct, or otherwise constitute acts that are per se morally reprehensible), and Ruiz-Vidal v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1072, 1076 (9th Cir.2007) (because California drug schedules are broader than the federal Controlled Substance Act, record of conviction must identify the controlled substance involved). On remand, the agency should reconsider its findings of removability in light of our intervening precedent.
We need not address Betancourts Flores's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.