MEMORANDUM **
Jose Sixto Rojas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judges decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.
The agency properly denied cancellation of removal, where Sixto Rojas failed to meet his burden of proof to establish that his conviction under California Health & Safety Code section 11550(a) is not a controlled substance violation that renders him ineligible for relief. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(C); Pereida v. Wilkinson, ––– U.S. ––––, 141 S. Ct. 754, 760, 209 L.Ed.2d 47 (2021) (applicant for removal relief bears the burden of establishing eligibility for such relief, including that the applicant has not been convicted of certain disqualifying offenses); Lopez v. Sessions, 901 F.3d 1071, 1075 (9th Cir. 2018) (Federal First Offender Act treatment “only applies to first time drug offenders convicted of simple possession of a controlled substance”).
The temporary stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.