Case Name: Vidal Reynaldo PORTILLO-BENAVIDES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-02
Citations: 546 F. App'x 707
Docket Number: No. 10-72520
Parties: Vidal Reynaldo PORTILLO-BENAVIDES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 707–708

Head Matter:
Vidal Reynaldo PORTILLO-BENAVIDES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72520.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 19, 2013.
Filed Dec. 2, 2013.
Marc Karlin, Karlin & Karlin, APC, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, Ann M. Welhaf, DOJ-U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Vidal Reynaldo Portillo-Benavides, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his motion to reopen removal pro- eeedings conducted in absentia and denying his motion to remand. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the agency's denial of a motion to remand, Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2005), and review de novo questions of law, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
Portillo-Benavides does not challenge the BIA's determination that his conviction under California Health and Safety Code § 11350(a) is a controlled-substance violation that renders him inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II). We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the agency's determination that Portillo-Benavides failed to credibly establish that exceptional circumstances caused him to miss his hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to remand on the ground that Portillo-Benavides did not submit evidence demonstrating prima facie eligibility for relief. See Ochoa-Amaya v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 989, 992 (9th Cir.2007) (it is the petitioner's burden to establish prima facie eligibility for the relief sought). It follows that the agency did not violate Portillo-Benavides' due process rights by denying the motion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and substantial prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.