PADILLA-MARTINEZ v. HOLDER

No. 11-72570.

770 F.3d 825 (2014)

Jesus PADILLA-MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kara Hartzler (argued), Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Florence, AZ, for Petitioner.

Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans , Assistant Director, Nancy E. Friedman , Senior Litigation Counsel, Christina Bechak Parascandola (argued), Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and KEVIN T. DUFFY, District Judge.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Jesus Padilla-Martinez seeks review of a series of decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") culminating in the BIA's conclusion that his prior state-law drug offense qualified as an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(43)(B), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), making him a deportable alien. Padilla-Martinez contends that his due-process rights were violated by...

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