Case Name: Jiovani Cerde REYES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-24
Citations: 585 F. App'x 571
Docket Number: No. 10-70969
Parties: Jiovani Cerde REYES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, SCHROEDER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 571–572

Head Matter:
Jiovani Cerde REYES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70969.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Sept. 11, 2014.
Filed Oct. 24, 2014.
John Martin Pope, Pope & Associates, PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.
Kristin A. Moresi, O.I.L., Shelley Goad, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel I.C.E., Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, SCHROEDER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jiovani Cerde Reyes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (Board) order dismissing his appeal. Cerde Reyes appealed to the Board from an immigration judge's (IJ) removal order, which was based upon Cerde Reyes's admissions and concessions before the IJ. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252; we review de novo, Perez-Mejia v. Holder, 663 F.3d 403, 409 (9th Cir.2011); and we deny the petition.
The Board did not err in dismissing Cerde Reyes's appeal because Reyes admitted the factual allegations contained in his Notice to Appear and conceded he was removable on the basis of his Arizona conviction for possession of a forgery device, a crime which Cerde Reyes conceded — and the IJ correctly determined, based on an independent review of the statute — was categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. "[I]f at the . pleading stage an alien . makes admissions of fact or concedes removability, and the IJ accepts them, no further evidence concerning the issues of fact admitted or law conceded is necessary." Id. at 414. And if "the immigration judge is satisfied that no issues of law or fact remain, the immigration judge may determine that removability as charged has been established by the ad missions of the respondent." Id. at 416 (citing 8 C.F.R. § 1240.10(c)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.