Juarez-Morales

Juarez-Morales v. Mukasey

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269 F. App'x 729
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 12, 2008Nos. 06-74974, 07-70165California303 words

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MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions for review, Sergio Juarez-Morales, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of two orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), one dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order and the other denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . See Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 468 F.3d 1159, 1163 (9th Cir.2006). We review de novo questions of law, id., and we review for abuse of discretion denial of a motion to reopen, Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petitions for review.

Juarez-Morales’s contention that his conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3415 is not a crime relating to a controlled substance under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(B)© is foreclosed by Luu-Le v. INS, 224 F.3d 911, 916 (9th Cir.2000). We reject Juarez-Morales’s request that we revisit Luu-Le. See Gee v. Southwest Airlines, 110 F.3d 1400, 1406 (9th Cir. 1997) (“In this circuit, a panel cannot overturn a decision of a previous panel except by en banc review, unless there has been an intervening statutory…

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