Juan Yepez-Guerrero v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Juan Yepez-Guerrero, a 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 (“U”) order of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, including due process claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.

Yepez-Guerrero’s contention that his conviction for felony- endangerment under Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-1201(A) is not- a crime involving moral turpitude is foreclosed by our decision in Leal v. Holder, 771 F.3d 1140, 1146 (9th Cir. 2014) (felony endangerment in Arizona is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude). Therefore, the agency correctly determined that Yepez-Guerrero’s conviction renders him removable, see 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(2)(A)(i)(I), and statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C). Accordingly, Ye-pez-Guerrero’s claims that the agency’s determinations regarding his conviction were in error and violated due process fail. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and…