Mendoza
Mendoza v. Garland
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO ALVAREZ MENDOZA, Case No.: 21-cv-1968-LL-MDD
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING
v. RESPONDENT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MERRICK B. GARLAND,
Respondent. [ECF No. 18] 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is Respondent Merrick B. Garland’s Motion for Summary Judgment. ECF No. 18. Petitioner has opposed the Motion (ECF No. 21), and Respondent has replied (ECF No. 22). The Motion has been fully briefed and is suitable for submission without oral argument. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND a. Procedural Background On June 11, 1990, Petitioner was convicted of violating California Health and Safety Code section 11360(a), for the sale of marijuana. ECF No. 18-2 at ¶ 2; ECF No. 18-11 at 2. Accordingly, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) charged Petitioner with deportability under former section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) of…