Humberto Cortez Puentes v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

NOV 16 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HUMBERTO CORTEZ PUENTES, No. 19-71102

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-358-704

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2021 Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and R. COLLINS,** District Judge.

Petitioner Humberto Cortez Puentes seeks review of the Board of

Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) final order denying his request for cancellation of

removal on the ground that he was convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Raner C. Collins, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. We deny the petition because the BIA properly concluded that Petitioner’s

conviction categorically involved moral turpitude.

“The BIA has defined a crime involving…