him removable because his conviction for attempted kidnapping, pursuant to Ariz.Rev.Stat. §§ 13-1001 and 13-1304, qualifies as a crime of violence, and hence, an aggravated felony, as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F), (U). “We review de novo whether a criminal conviction is a crime of violence and therefore an aggravated felony rendering an alien removable.” Covarrubias Teposte v. Holder, 623 F.3d 1094, 1096 (9th Cir.2010) (citation omitted). The Board of Immigration Appeals properly determined that attempted kidnapping under the Arizona statutes is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C § 16(b) because it involves a substantial risk that physical force may be used in the course of committing the offense. See United States v. Williams, 110 F.3d 50, 52 (9th Cir.1997) (<HOLDING>) (citing cases) (alteration and internal
holding that kidnapping involves a serious potential risk of physical injury to the kidnapped person holding that failure to stop for a blue light is a violent felony under armed career criminal statute because it involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another holding that kidnapping is a crime of violence which involves a serious potential risk of injury under 18 usc  924 holding that begay rejected that circuits earlier approach under which an offense presented a serious potential risk of physical injury to another if the offense conduct had the potential for serious physical injury to another holding that vehicular manslaughter qualifies as a violent felony under section 924e2bii in that it involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another 