Court Opinion

ID: 8469361
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-05 11:16:03.039413+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:49:16.772913
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM **
Jose Esteban Ortiz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Montero-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 277 F.3d 1137, 1145 (9th Cir.2002), and we deny the petition for review.
We agree with the agency that the documentation submitted by the government to prove the existence of Ortiz’s drug-related convictions was properly certified. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(3). We are not persuaded by Oritz’s contention that he was not sufficiently identified as the defendant to whom these documents pertained.
The record of conviction demonstrates that Ortiz has at least two convictions under California Health and Safety Code § 11350 that “relate to” a controlled substance listed in the federal schedule. See 21 U.S.C. § 812 Sched. II(a)(4)(listing cocaine). The agency therefore did not err in concluding that Ortiz failed to establish his eligibility for a discretionary grant of adjustment of status. See 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (a conviction for violating any state or federal law or regulation “relating to a controlled substance,” as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 802(6), renders an alien inadmissible).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.