Case Name: Oscar Rodriguez ENRIQUES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-17
Citations: 699 F. App'x 168
Docket Number: No. 17-1376
Parties: Oscar Rodriguez ENRIQUES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Respondent.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 699
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
Oscar Rodriguez ENRIQUES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Respondent.
No. 17-1376
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: October 12, 2017
Decided: October 17, 2017
Randall L. Johnson, JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Arlington, Virginia, for Petitioner. Chad A. Readier, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Derek C. Julius, Assistant Director, Regina Byrd, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before WILKINSON, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Oscar Rodriguez Enriques, a native and citizen of Mexico who illegally reentered the United States after he was deported in 1996, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's decision finding that Enriques was convicted of a particularly serious crime and thus denying his application for withholding of removal. We have reviewed the argument raised by Enriques on appeal, in conjunction with the record and the relevant legal authorities. We discern no legal error in the agency's conclusion that En-riques' prior New York conviction for criminal sale of a controlled substance qualified as a particularly serious crime, see In re Y-L-, 23 I. & N. Dec. 270, 274-76 (U.S. Att'y Gen. 2002), which rendered him ineligible for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act, see 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(B)(ii) (2012). Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Rodriguez Enriques (B.I.A. Feb. 22, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
Enriques does not challenge in his brief the agency's denial of his application for deferral of removal. Accordingly, we conclude that Enriques has waived appellate review of the disposition of that claim. See Ngarurih v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 182, 189 n.7 (4th Cir. 2004).