Opinion
No. 08-70609.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed August 3, 2009.
Mario Ascota, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Mirza Jemina Herrera Tobar, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Kevin James Conway, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A091-679-171.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Mirza Jemina Herrera Tobar, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo whether a particular conviction constitutes an aggravated felony, Randhawa v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 1148, 1151 (9th Cir. 2002), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA properly determined that Herrera Tobar is removable as an aggravated felon under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because her conviction under Cal. Health Safety Code § 11351 was for "illicit trafficking in a controlled substance" as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B). See Rendon v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 967, 976 (9th Cir. 2008) ("[P]ossession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell contains a trafficking element and is an aggravated felony."). We reject Herrera Tobar's contention that the record of conviction was insufficient to establish that her conviction related to a federally controlled substance. See United States v. Snellenberger, 548 F.3d 699, 702 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (a clerk's minute order may be considered in applying the modified categorical approach); cf. Ruiz-Vidal v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1072, 1078 (9th Cir. 2007).