NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 23 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JACK DONALD ANTONIO, AKA Jack No. 13-71256 Antonio, AKA Jack Donald Castillo, Agency No. A041-326-779 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 19, 2021 ** Before: SCHROEDER, SILVERMAN, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges. Jack Donald Antonio, a native and citizen of Belize, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). questions of law. Jauregui-Cardenas v. Barr, 946 F.3d 1116, 1118 (9th Cir. 2020). We deny the petition for review. The BIA did not err in concluding that Antonio failed to meet his burden to establish that his conviction under Arizona Revised Statutes (“Ariz. Rev. Stats.”) § 13-3405(A)(4) is not an aggravated felony drug trafficking offense that renders him ineligible for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3); Pereida v. Wilkinson, 141 S. Ct. 754, 766 (2021) (an applicant for relief bears the burden of showing eligibility and cannot meet burden with an inconclusive conviction record); see also Rosas-Castaneda v. Holder, 655 F.3d 875, 885-86 (9th Cir. 2011) (applying the modified categorial approach to Ariz. Rev. Stats. § 13-3405(A)(4)), overruled on other grounds by Young v. Holder, 697 F.3d 976, 979-80 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc). We grant the unopposed motion for leave to file a brief of amicus curiae. The stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 13-71256 13-71256 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Jack Antonio v. Merrick Garland 23 July 2021 Agency Unpublished 4fa6631c8e4ac6d946b35031d177d0475fc4af45
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