Court Opinion

ID: 26967
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Date Created: 2010-04-25 09:02:09+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:20.256445
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 01-60159

ENRIQUE VELA-GONZALEZ,

                                           Petitioner,

versus

JOHN ASHCROFT,
ATTORNEY GENERAL,

                                           Respondent.

                        --------------------
               Petition for Review of an Order of the
                    Board of Immigration Appeals
                         BIA No. A24-831-112
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                            March 7, 2002

Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Enrique Vela-Gonzalez petitions for review of an order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) holding that Vela-

Gonzalez’s state conviction for felony driving while intoxicated

was an aggravated felony warranting his removal from this

country.   The respondent has moved to dismiss the petition for

review and to remand the case to the BIA for reconsideration in

light of United States v. Chapa-Garza, 243 F.3d 921, 927 (5th

Cir. 2001).    Vela-Gonzalez has filed a response in which he

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
                          No. 01-60159
                               -2-

agrees that the case should be remanded to the BIA for

reconsideration in light of Chapa-Garza.

     Vela-Gonzalez’s petition for review is GRANTED.   The order

of the BIA is VACATED, and this case is REMANDED to the BIA for

disposition consistent with Chapa-Garza, 243 F.3d at 927.   All

other outstanding motions are DENIED.