The following excerpt is from Gayle v. Sessions, No. 16-3953-ag (2nd Cir. 2018):
elements which have been properly found to constitute a CIMT." Wala v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 102, 105 (2d Cir. 2007) (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted). In making the latter determination, "we apply a categorical approach," Efstathiadis v. Holder, 752 F.3d 591, 595 (2d Cir. 2014), "look[ing] to the elements and the nature of the offense of conviction, rather than to the particular facts relating to petitioner's crime," Wala v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d at 107 (internal quotation marks omitted).
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