Case Name: Juan Carlos RIVERA-CEREZO, a.k.a. Juan Carlos Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-01
Citations: 417 F. App'x 649
Docket Number: No. 08-71918
Parties: Juan Carlos RIVERA-CEREZO, a.k.a. Juan Carlos Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 417
Pages: 649–650

Head Matter:
Juan Carlos RIVERA-CEREZO, a.k.a. Juan Carlos Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71918.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2011.
Filed March 1, 2011.
Murray David Hilts, Law Offices of Murray D. Hilts, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Daniel Eric Goldman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Rebecca Ariel Hoffberg, Esquire, Eric Warren Marsteller, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAS-District Counsel, Esquire, I & NS, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Juan Carlos Rivera-Cerezo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's order denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Cheuk Fung S-Yong v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1028, 1034 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency correctly determined that Rivera-Cerezo's 2006 conviction for violating California Penal Code § 273.5(a) is an aggravated felony crime of violence under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F), where he was actually sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least one year. See Banuelos-Ayon v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1080, 1083 (9th Cir.2010) (a conviction under Cal.Penal Code § 273.5(a) is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 16(a)). Rivera-Cerezo's contention that the two-year sentence he incurred cannot be attributed to his offense for the purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F) is unpersuasive. The agency therefore did not err in concluding that Rivera-Cerezo was statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.