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Date Created: 2010-06-10 17:28:14+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JUN 09 2010

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                     U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

REYNA MACIAS,                                    No. 06-70228

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A079-394-965

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                       On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                           Board of Immigration Appeals

                              Submitted May 25, 2010 **

Before:        CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

       Reyna Macias, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

We grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings.

      The BIA concluded that Macias’s conviction for being under the influence

of a controlled substance pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11550 rendered

her ineligible for relief from removal. The BIA, however, did not have the benefit

of our intervening decision in Rice v. Holder, 597 F.3d 952, 957 (9th Cir. 2010),

which held that an individual convicted in state court of using or being under the

influence of a controlled substance and whose conviction is subsequently

expunged is eligible for the same immigration treatment as individuals convicted

of drug possession under the Federal First Offender Act.

      We therefore remand for the BIA to reconsider Macias’s eligibility for relief

from removal. See generally INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18 (2002).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

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