Santos
Santos v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Carlogil Enriquez Santos, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision pretermitting Santos’ application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
*431 Santos’ contention that the IJ violated due process by pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal is unavailing because Santos’ conviction under section 11378 of the California Health and Safety Code, possession for sale of methamphetamine, makes him statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal as an aggravated felon. See United States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.1999) (stating that where a state conviction is at issue, the crime is an aggravated felony where the conduct prohibited under the state statute is also punishable under federal law); see also Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).