Case Name: Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-11
Citations: 568 F. App'x 486
Docket Number: No. 11-73905
Parties: Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 568
Pages: 486–487

Head Matter:
Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-73905.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 7, 2014.
Filed April 11, 2014.
Bernadette Willeke Connolly, Law Offices of Bernadette W. Connolly, San Jose, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Brooke Maurer, Trial, Oil, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: TASHIMA, GRABER, and IKUTA, 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
Elliot Nilsson Garcia-Castro, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
Garcia-Castro's undisputed deportability for a controlled-substance violation under former 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(2)(B)® precludes us from considering his contention that the BIA abused its discretion by denying his motion to reopen. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C); Bermudez v. Holder, 586 F.3d 1167, 1169 (9th Cir.2009) (per cu-riam); see also Ghahremani v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 993, 998 n. 5 (9th Cir.2007) ("[Wjithdrawal of judicial review over final orders of deportation also withdraws jurisdiction from motions . to reopen deportation proceedings for those aliens de-portable for having committed a crime enumerated in the statute." (citation omitted)).
We retain jurisdiction to review questions of law and constitutional claims. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D). But in light of the BIA's dispositive determination that Garcia-Castro's motion was untimely, the BIA did not need to address his arguments and evidence regarding prosecutorial discretion. See Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 871 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir.2004) ("As a general rule courts and agencies are not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the results they reach." (citation omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.