Opinion
13-71256
07-23-2021
JACK DONALD ANTONIO, AKA Jack Antonio, AKA Jack Donald Castillo, Petitioner, v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Agency No. A041-326-779
Before: SCHROEDER, SILVERMAN, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM [*]
Jack Donald Antonio, a native and citizen of Belize, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Jauregui-Cardenas v. Barr, 946 F.3d 1116, 1118 (9th Cir. 2020). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not err in concluding that Antonio failed to meet his burden to establish that his conviction under Arizona Revised Statutes ("Ariz. Rev. Stats.") § 13-3405(A)(4) is not an aggravated felony drug trafficking offense that renders him ineligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3); Pereida v. Wilkinson, 141 S.Ct. 754, 766 (2021) (an applicant for relief bears the burden of showing eligibility and cannot meet burden with an inconclusive conviction record); see also Rosas-Castaneda v. Holder, 655 F.3d 875, 885-86 (9th Cir. 2011) (applying the modified categorial approach to Ariz. Rev. Stats. § 13-3405(A)(4)), overruled on other grounds by Young v. Holder, 697 F.3d 976, 979-80 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc).
We grant the unopposed motion for leave to file a brief of amicus curiae.
The stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
[*] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.