UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN WESLEY LIWANAG COQUICO, No. 09-73867 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A045-903-122 LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2014—San Francisco, California

Filed June 17, 2015 Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain 2 COQUICO V. LYNCH

SUMMARY*

Immigration

The panel granted John Coquico’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision finding that his conviction for misdemeanor unlawful laser activity, in violation of California Penal Code § 417.26, is a categorical crime involving moral turpitude.

The panel concluded that § 417.26 can be violated by conduct which resembles non-t