Case Name: Julio Cesar DIAZ-SAENZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-11-12
Citations: 354 F. App'x 42
Docket Number: No. 08-60108
Parties: Julio Cesar DIAZ-SAENZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 354
Pages: 42–43

Head Matter:
Julio Cesar DIAZ-SAENZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-60108
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 12, 2009.
Felipe D.J. Millan, El Paso, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, John Clifford Cunningham, Luis Enrique Perez, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Luis Garcia, Immigration & Customs Enforcement Chief Counsel’s Office, El Paso, TX, for Respondent.
Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Julio Cesar Diaz-Saenz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions this court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal and affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) order finding him removable, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i), and ineligible for cancellation of removal, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3), because he had committed an aggravated felony.
Diaz-Saenz abandons by failing to brief any challenge to the determination that he was removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i), based on his controlled substance violations. See Thuri v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 788, 793 (5th Cir.2004).
Diaz-Saenz, who was convicted in November 2001 in state court for possession of marijuana and who has a prior state court drug conviction, contends that the BIA erred by treating his 2001 conviction as equivalent to an aggravated felony under the recidivist provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. See 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). The BIA correctly determined that Diaz-Saenz had committed an aggravated felony for immigration law purposes. See Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, 570 F.3d 263, 266-68 (5th Cir.2009), petition for cert. filed (July 15, 2009) (No. 09-60). Accordingly, the petition for review is DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.