Case Name: Joaquin PENA DE LOS SANTOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-16
Citations: 505 F. App'x 636
Docket Number: No. 11-71998
Parties: Joaquin PENA DE LOS SANTOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 505
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
Joaquin PENA DE LOS SANTOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71998.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 15, 2013.
Filed Jan. 16, 2013.
Mario Acosta, Jr., Esquire, Law Offices of Mario Acosta, Jr., Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Jeffrey Bernstein, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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: SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, 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
Joaquin Pena De Los Santos, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review and remand.
Because it is unclear whether the agency applied the modified categorical approach to Pena De Los Santos's conviction, we remand the case to the BIA for further proceedings. See United States v. Castillo-Rivera, 244 F.3d 1020, 1022-23 (9th Cir. 2001) (recognizing that the conduct encompassed by section 12021(a)(1) of the California Penal Code may not categorically constitute an aggravated felony); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(E)(ii) (including firearms offenses described in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) in the definition of an aggravated felony); 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (punishing possession of a firearm by any person who has been convicted of a crime "punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year").
In light of this disposition, we decline to address Pena De Los Santos's remaining challenges to the BIA's order. See Mendez-Alcaraz v. Gonzales, 464 F.3d 842, 844 (9th Cir.2006) (declining to reach nondis-positive challenges to a BIA order).
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.