Case Name: Oswaldo Enrique MORENO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-07
Citations: 340 F. App'x 408
Docket Number: No. 06-71799
Parties: Oswaldo Enrique MORENO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, GRABER, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 340
Pages: 408–410

Head Matter:
Oswaldo Enrique MORENO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71799.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 2, 2009.
Filed Aug. 7, 2009.
Cindy C. Yu, Esquire, Korenberg Abra-mowitz & Feldun, a Law Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Mona Maria Yousif, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, GRABER, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Oswaldo Enrique Moreno petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") affirmance of an immigration judge's determination that he is removable, inadmissible, and ineligible for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we grant the petition.
To trigger removability under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)®, the statute of conviction must relate to controlled substances as listed in the federal schedules of the Controlled Substances Act ("CSA"). Mielewczyk v. Holder, 575 F.3d 992, 994-96 (9th Cir.2009). The BIA correctly determined that Moreno's conviction for violating California Health and Safety Code § 11352(a) involved a law that relates to controlled substances. Id. at 994-95.
However, Moreno's conviction does not categorically constitute a removable or inadmissible offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)® or 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), because California "defines controlled substance to include 'numerous substances that are not similarly regulated by the CSA.' " Id. at 995 (quoting Ruiz-Vidal v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1072, 1078 (9th Cir.2007)). It is therefore necessary to employ the modified categorical approach to determine whether Moreno's conviction involved a federally listed drug. See id. at 994-96. The record of conviction before us does not specify the controlled substance involved. Because Moreno's statute of conviction does not categorically define a controlled substance offense, see id. at 994-96, we remand to the BIA with instructions to apply the modified categorical approach, in light of Mielewczyk, in determining whether Moreno is inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II).
PETITION GRANTED; REMANDED for further consistent proceedings.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. The language of § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i) is nearly identical to the language of § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), and therefore Mielew-czyk's analysis applies with equal force to § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II). The only difference between the two provisions is § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i)'s exception for "a single offense involving possession for one's own use of 30 grams or less of marijuana," a distinction that is not relevant to Moreno's petition.