Juan Carlos Herrera-Magallanes v. Loretta E. Lynch
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Juan Carlos Herrera-Magallanes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order 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 . We review de novo questions of law. Espino-Castillo v. Holder, 770 F.3d 861, 863 (9th Cir.2014). We deny the petition for review.
Herrera-Magallanes contends that his conviction for forgery under Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-2002 is divisible and is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. Herrera-Magallanes’ contention is foreclosed by this court’s holding in Espino-Castillo v. Holder, where this court concluded § 13-2002 “requires intent to defraud” and was not divisible because it is a “statute that proscribes only morally turpitudinous conduct.” Id. at 864-65. Accordingly, the BIA correctly determined that a conviction for forgery under § 13-2002 is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude that renders Herrera-Magal-lanes statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 (f)(3), 1229b(b)(l)(B).