Case Name: Donovan A. HASTINGS, aka Donovan Hastings, aka Donovan Anthony Hastings, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-21
Citations: 667 F. App'x 192
Docket Number: No. 14-74038
Parties: Donovan A. HASTINGS, aka Donovan Hastings, aka Donovan Anthony Hastings, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 192–193

Head Matter:
Donovan A. HASTINGS, aka Donovan Hastings, aka Donovan Anthony Hastings, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-74038
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2016
FILED June 21, 2016
Donovan A. Hastings, Pro Se.
Jonathan Aaron Robbins, Esquire, Trial Attorney, OIL, 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: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Donovan A. Hastings, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") orders dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("U") order of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and constitutional claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency correctly determined that Hastings' conviction under California Health and Safety Code ("CHSC") § 11359, for possession for sale of marijuana, constitutes a drug trafficking aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B). See Roman-Suaste v. Holder, 766 F.3d 1035, 1037 (9th Cir. 2014) ("[A] conviction for possession of marijuana for sale under CHSC § 11359 is categorically an aggravated felony, namely 'illicit trafficking in a controlled substance.'" (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B))). Hastings contends that a conviction under CHSC § 11359 is not categorically an aggravated felony because one can be convicted under that statute for distribution without remuneration of a small amount of marijuana. However, we have expressly rejected that argument. See id. at 1039 ("Because 'possession for sale' under CHSC § 11359 necessarily comprises only possession with intent to distribute marijuana in exchange for remuneration, convictions under that provision categorically qualify as aggravated felonies.").
Hastings' contentions that he was not guilty of committing an offense under CHSC § 11359 and that he was subjected to due process violations in his criminal proceedings are not properly before us. See Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1035, 1041 (9th Cir. 2010) ("A petitioner may not collaterally attack his state court conviction on a petition for review of a BIA decision.").
Hastings' claims of IJ bias and due process violations in his removal proceedings are not supported by the record. See Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 926-27 (9th Cir. 2007) ("Where an alien is given a full and fair opportunity to be represented by counsel, to prepare an application for . relief, and to present testimony and other evidence in support of the application, he or she has been provided with due process.").
We lack jurisdiction to consider Hastings' unexhausted contention that his former attorney failed to file a brief to the BIA, because Hastings did not raise this ineffective assistance of counsel claim to the BIA in the proceedings now on review before this court. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010) (the court lacks jurisdiction to consider legal claims not presented in an alien's administrative proceedings before the agency). We do not take judicial notice of his related supporting documentation. See Dent v. Holder, 627 F.3d 365, 371 (9th Cir. 2010) (explaining standard for review of out-of-record evidence).
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.