Pablo Corona-Alvarez v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Pablo Corona-Alvarez, native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision finding him removable and pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Corona-Alvarez does not raise, and has therefore waived, any arguments challenging the agency’s determination that his conviction for violating California Health and Safety Code § 11360(a) is a controlled substance violation under 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(2)(A)(i)(II). See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in the opening brief are deemed waived). Accordingly, the agency did not err in pretermitting Corona-Alvarez’s application for cancellation of removal, where his controlled substance violation made him statutorily ineligible for that relief. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Corona-Alvarez’s…