Beatriz Ramirez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT APR 10 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
BEATRIZ CINTHYA RAMIREZ, AKA No. 11-72660
Beatriz Cinthya Reyes-Lozano,
Agency No. A095-667-977
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 6, 2015**
Pasadena, California
Before: KLEINFELD, McKEOWN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Beatriz Cynthia Ramirez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ determination that she is statutorily
ineligible for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
On de novo review, we deny the petition. Latter–Singh v. Holder, 668 F.3d 1156,
1159 (9th Cir. 2012)
Ramirez was convicted of grand theft under California Penal Code Section
487 and petty theft with priors under Sections 484 and 666. Convictions under
California’s theft statute, whether petty or grand, are categorically crimes involving
moral turpitude. Castillo-Cruz v. Holder, 581 F.3d 1154, 1160 (9th Cir. 2009);
United States v. Esparza-Ponce, 193 F.3d 1133, 1136–37 (9th Cir. 1999).
Ramirez’s multiple convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude render
her ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)
and 1229b(b)(1)(C). She is also ineligible for special rule cancellation of removal
under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act because her
convictions preclude her from establishing her good moral character for “10 years
immediately following the commission of an act . . . constituting a ground for
removal.” 8 C.F.R. § 1240.66(c)(2)-(3).
DENIED.