T hi s di s pos i t i on i s notappr opr i a t e f orpubl i c a t i on and i s notpr e c e de nt * e xc e pta s pr ovi de d by9th C i r . R . 36- 3.

T he pa ne l una ni m ous l yc onc l ude s thi s c a s e i s s ui t abl e f orde c i s i on ** w ith o u t o r a l ar g u m e n t. See F ed. R . A pp . P . 34 (a )( 2). NOT F OR P UB L I CAT I ON UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS FOR T HE NI NTH CI RC UI T J O A Q U I N G A RCI A RO SA S, P et i t i on er , v. E R I C H . H O L D E R , J r ., A tto rn e yG e n e r a l, R e s p o n d e n t. N o. 11- 72724 A ge nc yN o. A 097- 347- 139 ME MOR AN DU M *

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ft , 371 F . 3d 532, 535 ( 9th C i r . 2004) , a nd r e vi e w f orabus e of d is c r e tio n th e d e n ia l o f

ac o n tin u an c e , Sa ndoval-L un a v. Mukasey , 526 F . 3d 1243, 1 2 4 6 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 8 ) ( p e rc u r i a m ) . We d e n yth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. T he a ge nc yc orr e c t l yc onc l ude d tha tG ar c i aR os a s ’ s c onvi c t i on f or p o s s e s s io n o f

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ety C od e c on st i tut es a c on vi ct i on for an agg ravat ed fe l on y und er 8 U .S .C . § 1 1 0 1 ( a ) ( 4 3 ) ( B ) . See R endo n v. Mukasey , 52 0 F . 3d 96 7, 97 4 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 8 ) (“ [A ] st at e d ru g cri m e i s an ag g rav at edfel o n y i f i tw o u l db e p u n i sh ab l e as a fe l on y und erthe fe dera l drug l aw s” ). T he agency a l so corr ec t l y c on clud ed that G a r c i aR os a s ’ s a ggr a va t e d- f e l onyc onvi c t i on r e nde r e d hi m s t a tut or i l yi ne l i gi bl e f or c a n c e lla tio n o f

r e m o v a l an dv o lu n taryd e p artu r e . See 8 U . S . C . §§ 1229b( a ) ( 3) ( d i s q u a l i f

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r e mo v a l ) , 1 2 2 9 c ( b ) ( 1 ) ( C) (r equi ri ng a s ho w i ng of go od m oralchar ac t ert o q ual i fyfor vol un t ary departure) , 11 01 (f )( 8) (pre clud i ng aggravat ed fe l on s f rom dem on strat i ng go od m oral c h a r a c te r ) . T h e v a lid ityo f th is c o n v ic tio n is n o t p r o p e r lyb e f o r e u s . See R am i rez- V

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older , 64 5 F . 3d 10 35 , 10 41 (9th C i r. 20 11 ) ( “ A pet i t i on er m ayno tcol l at er al l y att ac k h i s s t at e c ou rtconv i ct i on on a pet i t i on for r evi ew of a B IA deci si on . ”) .11- 72724 3 B e c aus e G a r c i aR os a s i s s t a tut or i l yi ne l i gi bl e f orthe r e que s t e d r e l i e f

, he c a n n o t d e m o n s tr a te th a t th e I Je rr e do rv io la te ddu e p r o c e s s b yp r e te rm ittin g h is ap p lic a tio n s w ith o u t f

ir s t c o n du c tin g am e r its h e ar in g . See Si m e onov , 371 F . 3d a t538. G a r c i aR os a s a l s o ha s f

a i l e d t o de m ons tr a t e tha tthe I Jabus e d hi s di s c r e t i on o rv io la te ddu e p r o c e s s b yn o t c o n tin u in g th e p r o c e e d in g s in o r d e rto a f f o r dG ar c ia R osas an op po rtun i ty t o see k p ost -c on vi ct i on re l i ef , because post -c on vi ct i on re l i ef r e m a in e ds p e c u la tiv e a t th e tim e o f th e h e ar in g . See Sandov al-L una , 526 F . 3d at 1 2 4 7 (id en ti fy in g n o ab u se o f d iscr etio n o r du e p ro ce ss v io lati o n fr o m an IJ ’s re fusa l t o con t i nu e procee di ng s w hen n o rel i ef w as then i m m edi at el y avai l abl e) . P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.