NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 20 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DELGARDO ANTONIO FRAZER, AKA No. 16-72861 Delgardo A. Frazer, AKA Delgardo Anthonio Frazer, AKA Richard Napier, Agency No. A095-287-752 AKA Ricardo Thomas Smith, AKA Richard Thomas Smith, MEMORANDUM* Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 15, 2018** Before: FARRIS, BYBEE, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Delgardo Antonio Frazer, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an * 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). immigration judge’s decision finding him inadmissible and denying his application to adjust status. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s “reason to believe” determination and we review de novo questions of law. Chavez-Reyes v. Holder, 741 F.3d 1, 3 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that there was “reason to believe” Frazer had knowingly and consciously been involved in drug trafficking, where Frazer testified that he attempted to purchase more than 400 pounds of marijuana for a friend, and he pleaded guilty to solicitation to possess marijuana for sale under Arizona Revised Statute § 13-1002. See 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(C)(i) (providing that an alien is inadmissible if there is “reason to believe” that he is or has been an “illicit trafficker in any controlled substance”); Chavez-Reyes, 741 F.3d at 2-3 (no conviction is required for the agency to have “reason to believe” an applicant engaged or assisted in illicit trafficking of drugs). Accordingly, the agency properly determined Frazer was statutorily ineligible for adjustment of status. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 16-72861 16-72861 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Delgardo Frazer v. Jefferson Sessions, III 20 August 2018 Agency Unpublished a98ec1ce3e4a0dcf8eb624c9fedd937e8f5585c0
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