Rodolfo Avina-Rodriguez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Rodolfo Avina-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing de novo questions of law, Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1035, 1038 (9th Cir.2011), we deny the petition for review.

The BIA correctly concluded that Avi-na-Rodriguez’s two convictions under California Penal Code § 484(a) and § 666, each resulting in a 2-year prison sentence, constitute aggravated-felony theft offenses under 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(43)(G) that render him removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(iii) and statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3) because a modified-categorical analysis of the felony complaints, read in conjunction with the abstracts of judgment, establishes that Avina-Rodriguez pleaded to unlawfully stealing, taking, and carrying away the personal property of Home Depot and Walmart. See United States v. Rivera, 658 F.3d 1073, 1077-78 (9th Cir.2011) (concluding that a plea to a complaint alleging…