NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 25 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUAN MENDEZ-BAROCIO, AKA Johnny No. 19-70635 Mendez, AKA Juan Mendez, AKA Juan Barola Mendez, AKA Juan B. Mendoza, Agency No. A090-098-913 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted May 18, 2021** Before: CANBY, FRIEDLAND, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges. Juan Mendez-Barocio, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying a motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision finding * 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). him removable, denying his motions to terminate, and denying his application for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo the agency’s determination that a crime is as an aggravated felony. Jauregui-Cardenas v. Barr, 946 F.3d 1116, 1118 (9th Cir. 2020). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to terminate. Dominguez v. Barr, 975 F.3d 725, 734 (9th Cir. 2020). We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings. Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review. Mendez-Barocio’s opposed motion for stay and abeyance is denied. The agency did not err in concluding Mendez-Barocio’s conviction in violation of California Penal Code (“CPC”) §§ 664 and 187(a) is an aggravated felony rendering him removable where the statute is divisible, and the judicially noticeable documents unambiguously establish his conviction for attempted murder. See Gomez Fernandez v. Barr, 969 F.3d 1077, 1090 (9th Cir. 2020) (CPC § 187(a) is divisible); 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(A), (U). The agency did not err in concluding Mendez-Barocio’s conviction in violation of CPC § 245(a)(1) is a crime of violence aggravated felony, rendering him removable. See United States v. Vasquez-Gonzalez, 901 F.3d 1060, 1065-68 (9th Cir. 2018) (offense under CPC § 245(a)(1) was a crime of violence and thus an aggravated felony); United States 2 19-70635 v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1192 (9th Cir. 2009) (“If the conviction is based on ‘force likely to produce great bodily injury,’ such force . . . represents ‘actual force’ that is violent in nature.”). We reject as unsupported by the record Mendez- Barocio’s contention that the agency sustained a charge of removability that was not listed in his notice to appear (“NTA”). Thus, the agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Mendez-Barocio’s motion to terminate based on challenges to his removability. See Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 581 (9th Cir. 2016) (“The BIA abuses its discretion when its decision is arbitrary, irrational, …
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