Case Name: Juan Carlos OCHOA-HUERTA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-12-20
Citations: 706 F. App'x 907
Docket Number: No. 16-72419
Parties: Juan Carlos OCHOA-HUERTA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 706
Pages: 907–908

Head Matter:
Juan Carlos OCHOA-HUERTA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 16-72419
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted December 18, 2017
Filed December 20, 2017
Juan Carlos Ochoa-Huerta, Pro Se
OIL, Karen L. Melnik, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, 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
Juan Carlos Ochoa-Huerta, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for re view of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Espino-Castillo v. Holder, 770 F.3d 861, 863 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.
Ochoa-Huerta has not established any error in the agency's determination that his conviction under Nevada Revised Statute § 205.760, 193.330 is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude, because it requires proof of "intent to defraud" as an element of the crime. See Espino-Castillo, 770 F.3d at 863-64 (recognizing the "longstanding rule that crimes that have fraud as an element are categorically crimes involving moral turpitude," and a "court may not apply the modified categorical approach if the statute proscribes only conduct that involves moral turpitude" (alterations, citations, and quotation marks omitted)); Castrijon-Garcia v. Holder, 704 F.3d 1205, 1209 n.2 (9th Cir. 2013) (the court looks to the underlying crime in determining whether a conviction for attempt constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude). Accordingly, Ochoa-Huerta is ineligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C); 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach, and the BIA was not required to address, Ochoa-Huerta's remaining contentions regarding his alleged controlled substance conviction. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010) (review is limited to the actual grounds relied upon by the BIA); see also Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004) (courts and agencies are not required to reach non-dispositive issues).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.