Marlon Morrison v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Marlon Antonio Morrison, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying him relief from removal in the form of cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, and adjustment of status. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing de novo questions of law, Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106, 1113 (9th Cir.2013), we deny the petition for review.

The agency correctly concluded that Morrison’s 2011 conviction for solicitation to possess marijuana for sale under Arizona Revised Statutes §§ 13-1002 and 13-3405 categorically constitutes a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude that renders him removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(i), see Barragan-Lopez v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 899, 903-05 (9th Cir. 2007), and that precludes him from demonstrating the good moral character necessary to qualify for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b) and voluntary departure under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(b), see Morales-Garcia v. Holder, 567 F.3d 1058, 1062 (9th Cir.2009) (cancellation of removal); Lafarga v. INS, 170 F.3d 1213, 1215 (9th Cir.1999)…