Legal Opinion
Jose Reyes Ruiz-Vidal v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2007No. 04-73812PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the Department of Homeland Security has met its burden of proving that the petitioner is removable from the United States as an alien convicted of a law relating to a controlled substance.
I
A
Jose Ruiz-Vidal is a 49 year-old Mexican national who legally immigrated to the United States in August 1976. On October 26, 1998, RuizAVidal pleaded nolo conten-dere in California Superior Court to one count of criminal possession of methamphetamine, in violation of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11377(a) (the “1998 conviction”). Thereafter, the government…
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3Cited by114 opinions
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