In a petition for review of the BIA’s order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where petitioner’s conviction for possessing a controlled substance under California Health and Safety Code section 11379(a) qualified as a basis for removability under 8 U.S.C. section 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II).

Read Hernandez-Aguilar v. Holder, No. 06-71945

Appellate Information

Submitted October 6, 2009

Filed November 25, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher

Counsel

For Petitioner:

Howard Robert Davis, Santa Monica, CA

For Respondent:

Bryan Stuart Beier, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

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