Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier MANZO-RIOS, AKA Francisco Manzo, AKA Francisco Javier Manzo, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-03-12
Citations: 714 F. App'x 773
Docket Number: No. 15-50429
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier MANZO-RIOS, AKA Francisco Manzo, AKA Francisco Javier Manzo, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: GRABER, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges,
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 714
Pages: 773–774

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier MANZO-RIOS, AKA Francisco Manzo, AKA Francisco Javier Manzo, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50429
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 6, 2018 Pasadena, California
Filed March 12, 2018
L. Ashley Aull, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ—Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Puneet V. Kakkar, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
John Carl Lemon, II, Attorney, Law Offices of John C. Lemon, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: GRABER, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges,
The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant Francisco Javier Manzo-Rios appeals his conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).
1. We reject Defendant's argument that his 2006 removal order was invalid. An immigration judge ("IJ") found that Defendant was subject to removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)©- because of his 2005 conviction for possession of a controlled substance, in violation of California Health and Safety Code section 11350(a). Because not every violation of that statute "relates to" a federally controlled substance, section 11350(a) ' is categorically overbroad. Mellouli v. Lynch, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 1980, 1990-91, 192 L.Ed.2d 60 (2015). But, section 11350(a) is divisible. See United States v. Martinez-Lopez, 864 F.3d 1034, 1036-37 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc) (holding that Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11352 is divisible). The relevant portions of sections 11350(a) and 11352 are identical. In determining that Defendant's conviction qualified as a controlled sub; stance offense under the modified categorical approach, the IJ took into evidence a criminal complaint and an abstract of judgment showing that Defendant was convicted for possession of cocaine, a federally controlled substance. The IJ permissibly relied on those documents in conducting the modified categorical analysis. Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1035, 1040 (9th Cir. 2011). Accordingly, Defendant's removal order was valid.
2. The district court did not err by barring Defendant from introducing evidence that his grandmother was a natural-born citizen of the United States. Given the other evidence before the district court, evidence of Defendant's grandmother's citizenship status had minimal probative value with respect to the issue of Defendant's alienage. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 403. See United States v. Espinoza-Baza, 647 F.3d 1182, 1189-91 (9th Cir. 2011) (holding that the district court had not abused its discretion by excluding the defendant's evidence of his grandfather's citizenship status because "the record [wa]s devoid of anything that link[ed] the grandfather's . status with the requirements for derivative citizenship"). The exclusion of the evidence did not violate Defendant's constitutional right to a meaningful opportunity to present a defense. Id. at 1188.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. In his opening brief, Defendant argued that § 11350(a) is not divisible. We issued our opinion in Martinez-Lopez after that brief was filed, but before Defendant filed his reply brief. In his reply brief, Defendant appears to concede that Martinez-Lopez forecloses his argument that section 11350(a) is not divisible.