Garcia v. Holder

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 21 2013 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RAMON JOSE GARCIA, No. 08-70477 Petitioner, Agency No. A092-826-918 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted March 12, 2013 ** Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. Ramon Jose Garcia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). We review de novo questions of law, Aguiluz-Arellano v. Gonzales, 446 F.3d 980, 983 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny the petition for review. The BIA properly found Garcia removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i) based on his guilty plea conviction under California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a) for possession of a controlled substance where the record of conviction establishes that the controlled substance underlying Garcia’s conviction was methamphetamine. See Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1035, 1040 (9th Cir. 2010) (“We have permitted reliance on an abstract of judgment in combination with a charging document to establish that the defendant pled guilty to a generic crime under the modified categorical approach.”). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 08-70477