LOPEZ-JACUINDE v. HOLDER

No. 07-72046.

600 F.3d 1215 (2010)

Ventura LOPEZ-JACUINDE, a.k.a. Ventura Jacuinde Lopez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Todd Bennett, El Cerrito, CA, for the petitioner.

Ari Nazarov, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before BETTY B. FLETCHER, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ventura Lopez-Jacuinde seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") that held that his state felony conviction for possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine was a "drug trafficking crime" which constitutes an "aggravated felony" under federal law, rendering him statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. Lopez-Jacuinde argues that "drug trafficking crime," as defined...

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