Jesus Ricardo Aguirre-Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

5 F.3d 534 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jesus Ricardo AGUIRRE-MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70032. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 16, 1993. * Decided Sept. 15, 1993. Before: WOOD ** , REINHARDT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Jesus Ricardo Aguirre-Mendoza challenges an order of deportation based upon the predecessor to section 241(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(2)(B)(i). 1 Aguirre entered the United States as a permanent resident in 1966. On March 1, 1990, he pleaded guilty in Imperial County Municipal Court to having been under the influence of opiates in violation of California Health & Safety Code Sec. 11550(a). Aguirre had a prior under-the-influence conviction for heroin use in 1989. 3 Under section 241(a)(2)(B)(i) and its predecessor, any alien "convicted of a violation of ... any law or regulation of a…