Case Name: Alejandro Higinio VALDIVIEZO-AGUILAR, aka Alex Higinio Valdiviezo-Aguilar, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-20
Citations: 400 F. App'x 220
Docket Number: No. 06-71787
Parties: Alejandro Higinio VALDIVIEZO-AGUILAR, aka Alex Higinio Valdiviezo-Aguilar, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CUDAHY, WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 400
Pages: 220–221

Head Matter:
Alejandro Higinio VALDIVIEZO-AGUILAR, aka Alex Higinio Valdiviezo-Aguilar, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71787.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 5, 2010.
Filed Oct. 20, 2010.
Nicolas J. Estrada, Esquire, Law Office of Nicolas J. Estrada, Redondo Beach, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Richard Zanfardino, Trial, Thomas J. Gullo, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel lee, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CUDAHY, WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Richard D. Cudahy, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Alejandro Higinio Valdiviezo-Aguilar petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed the Immigration Judge's (IJ's) conclusion that he is removable under INA § 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) as an alien convicted of committing an offense "relating to a controlled substance." The IJ also determined that Valdiviezo-Aguilar is removable under INA § 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) as an alien present in the United States and not in possession of any valid entry document. Valvidezo-Aguilar did not contest that basis for finding removability before the BIA; nor does he challenge it in his petition for review before us. Because Valdiviezo-Aguilar is removable in any event under INA § 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I), we would be unable to provide any effective relief even if we were to decide the merits of his § 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) claim in his favor. Accordingly, Valdiviezo-Aguilar's petition for review is moot, and must be dismissed. See Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Fed. Express Corp., 558 F.3d 842, 846-47 (9th Cir.2009) (quoting Pub. Util. Comm'n v. FERC, 100 F.3d 1451, 1458 (9th Cir.1996)).
DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.