Case Name: JUAN ESQUIVEL-QUINTANA, PETITIONER v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III, ATTORNEY GENERAL No. 16–54 (2017)

Factual History: Juan Esquivel-Quintana, twenty-one years old, was admitted to the United States as a lawful resident in 2000. He pled no contest, in 2009, in the Superior Court of California to a statutory rape offense: “unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor,” of which said minor was seventeen years old. The statute further provides that anyone who is convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than three years younger than the perpetrator is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony.

Procedural History: The Department of Homeland Security started deportation proceedings against him based on the Immigration and