Raul Quijada Coronado v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 747 F.3d 662 ( 2014 )


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  •                      FOR PUBLICATION
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    RAUL QUIJADA CORONADO,                           No. 11-72121
    Petitioner,
    Agency No.
    v.                          A012-632-641
    ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney
    General,                                           OPINION
    Respondent.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the
    Board of Immigration Appeals
    Argued and Submitted
    July 8, 2013—Pasadena, California
    Filed March 14, 2014
    Before: Fortunato P. Benavides,* Jay S. Bybee, and
    Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Opinion by Judge Nguyen
    *
    The Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides, Senior Circuit Judge for the
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.
    2                     CORONADO V. HOLDER
    SUMMARY**
    Immigration
    The panel denied in part, granted in part, and dismissed in
    part Raul Quijada Coronado’s petition for review of the
    Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision finding him
    inadmissible based on his prior drug convictions and denying
    his cancellation of removal application.
    The panel held that Coronado’s convictions for
    possessing methamphetamine, in violation of California
    Health & Safety Code § 11377(a), are not categorical
    removable offenses, because the “full range of conduct”
    covered by § 11377(a) does not fall within the federal
    Controlled Substances Act schedules. The panel further held
    under Descamps v. United States, 
    133 S. Ct. 2276
    (2013), that
    § 11377(a) is a divisible statute. It thus applied the modified
    categorical approach, and held that the government satisfied
    its burden to prove that Coronado was twice convicted of
    possessing methamphetamine, a controlled substance listed
    in the CSA, and that the BIA therefore did not err in finding
    him inadmissible.
    The panel also held that the BIA failed to address
    Coronado’s due process claims alleging ineffective assistance
    of counsel and bias by the immigration judge, and remanded
    to the BIA for consideration of the claims in the first instance.
    **
    This summary constitutes no part of the opinion of the court. It has
    been prepared by court staff for the convenience of the reader.
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    COUNSEL
    Bradley J. Hamburger (argued), Theane Evangelis Kapur, and
    Brandon S. Dimond, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los
    Angeles, California, for Petitioner.
    Jessica R. C. Malloy (argued), Trial Attorney; Stuart F.
    Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Paul Fiorino,
    Senior Litigation Counsel; and Katherine A. Smith, Trial
    Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division,
    Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    OPINION
    NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:
    Raul Quijada Coronado petitions for review of the Board
    of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision finding him
    inadmissible and denying his application for cancellation of
    removal. Coronado argues that the BIA erred in concluding
    that he had suffered two prior convictions for possession of
    a controlled substance prohibited under the Federal
    Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), 21 U.S.C. § 802. See
    8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II). Coronado further argues that
    the BIA erred in failing to address his constitutional claims.
    We hold that the statute under which Coronado was
    convicted, California Health & Safety Code § 11377(a), is a
    divisible statute, and thus, we apply the modified categorical
    approach in analyzing Coronado’s prior convictions. See
    Descamps v. United States, — U.S. —, 
    133 S. Ct. 2276
    , 2281
    (2013) (stating that the modified categorical approach applies
    only to prior convictions under a “divisible” statute, one that
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    “sets out one or more elements of the offense in the
    alternative”). Under that approach, the government satisfied
    its burden of proving that Coronado was twice convicted of
    possessing methamphetamine, a controlled substance listed
    in the CSA. Therefore, the BIA did not err in finding
    Coronado inadmissible based on his prior convictions.
    However, because the BIA failed to address Coronado’s
    due process claims, which allege ineffective assistance of
    counsel and bias by the immigration judge (“IJ”), we remand
    to the BIA for consideration of these claims in the first
    instance. We dismiss Coronado’s unexhausted equal
    protection claim for lack of jurisdiction.
    Background
    I
    Coronado, a native and citizen of Mexico, became a legal
    permanent resident of the United States in 1961. In 1998, he
    was charged in state court with possession of
    methamphetamine in violation of California Health & Safety
    Code § 11377(a). According to the state court’s certified
    electronic docket in Case No. 8LC01036, he pleaded guilty to
    “Count (01),” the only charge in the criminal complaint. In
    December 2006, the court entered judgment against Coronado
    “as to Count (01)” (the “2006 Conviction”).
    On September 15, 2008, Coronado applied for admission
    to the United States after making a trip to Mexico. Upon
    checking his criminal records, Border Patrol officers learned
    of the 2006 Conviction. On that same day, Coronado was
    paroled into the United States, and the Department of
    Homeland Security (“DHS”) served him with a Notice to
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    Appear. In May 2009, DHS served him with a Form I-261,
    which alleged, among other things, that Coronado was subject
    to removal due to his conviction in 2006 for possession of
    methamphetamine.
    In December 2009, while in removal proceedings,
    Coronado was again charged in state court with possession of
    methamphetamine in violation of California Health & Safety
    Code § 11377(a). According to the court minutes in Case No.
    JCF24680, on March 23, 2010, Coronado pleaded guilty to
    “Count 1: HS11377(A),” the only charge in the criminal
    complaint (the “2010 Conviction”).
    II
    A
    During his removal proceedings, Coronado denied having
    been convicted of methamphetamine possession. To prove
    the 2006 Conviction, the government submitted the criminal
    complaint and the certified electronic docket of that case.
    Further, to prove the 2010 Conviction, the government
    submitted documents that included the criminal complaint
    and the court minutes of that case.
    The IJ found Coronado inadmissible under 8 U.S.C.
    § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) due to his convictions for possession of
    a controlled substance listed in the CSA. Further, after
    weighing the relevant factors, the IJ denied Coronado’s
    application for cancellation of removal.
    Appearing pro se, Coronado appealed to the BIA, which
    affirmed the IJ’s finding that Coronado was inadmissible
    based on his prior drug convictions. The BIA also affirmed
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    the IJ’s denial of cancellation of removal on the ground that
    Coronado’s “undesirability as a permanent resident”
    outweighed the positive equities. Coronado timely petitioned
    for review.
    B
    In his opening brief to this court, Coronado did not
    challenge the use of the modified categorical approach with
    regard to his prior convictions. Instead, he argued that the
    BIA erred because the charging papers alone were
    insufficient to prove that he was convicted of possessing a
    controlled substance listed in the CSA.
    While Coronado’s petition for review was pending, the
    Supreme Court issued a decision in Descamps v. United
    States, 
    133 S. Ct. 2276
    , which clarified the circumstances in
    which the modified categorical approach may be applied.
    The parties filed letters pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate
    Procedure 28(j), taking contrary positions as to the
    applicability of the modified categorical approach to
    Coronado’s state court convictions. The government argued
    that § 11377(a) is a divisible statute, whereas Coronado
    contended that the statute is not necessarily divisible.
    Jurisdiction and Standard of Review
    We have jurisdiction to review “constitutional claims or
    questions of law raised upon a petition for review.” 8 U.S.C.
    § 1252(a)(2)(D); see also Cheuk Fung S-Yong v. Holder,
    
    600 F.3d 1028
    , 1033 (9th Cir. 2010) (applying 8 U.S.C.
    § 1252(a)(2)(D)). Whether Coronado’s drug convictions
    render him inadmissible is a question of law. See Pagayon v.
    Holder, 
    675 F.3d 1182
    , 1189 (9th Cir. 2011) (per curiam);
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    Cazarez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 
    382 F.3d 905
    , 909 (9th Cir.
    2004). Further, Coronado raised several constitutional
    claims. Accordingly, we have jurisdiction to hear Coronado’s
    petition.
    We review questions of law and constitutional claims de
    novo. Khan v. Holder, 
    584 F.3d 773
    , 776 (9th Cir. 2009).
    Discussion
    I
    Under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), “any alien
    convicted of, or who admits to having committed . . . (II) a
    violation of (or conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or
    regulation of a State . . . relating to a controlled substance (as
    defined in section 802 of title 21), is inadmissible.” Here,
    Coronado challenges the BIA’s finding of inadmissibility
    based on his two prior convictions for possessing
    methamphetamine, in violation of California Health & Safety
    Code § 11377(a).              Thus, pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
    § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), the government had the burden of
    proving that Coronado’s criminal conviction was for
    possession of a substance that is listed under California law
    and the CSA schedules. See Ruiz-Vidal v. Gonzales,
    
    473 F.3d 1072
    , 1077–78 (9th Cir. 2007). If the “full range of
    conduct” covered by § 11377(a) falls within the CSA
    schedules, then Coronado’s conviction is “categorically a
    removable offense” and our inquiry is over. Alanis-Alvarado
    v. Holder, 
    558 F.3d 833
    , 836 (9th Cir. 2009).
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    A
    California Health & Safety Code § 11377(a) provides:
    Except as authorized by law . . . every person
    who possesses any controlled substances
    which is (1) classified in Schedule III, IV, or
    V, and which is not a narcotic drug,
    (2) specified in subdivision (d) of Section
    11054, except paragraphs (13), (14), (15), and
    (20) of subdivision (d), (3) specified in
    paragraph (11) of subdivision (c) of Section
    11056, (4) specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of
    subdivision (f) of Section 11054, or
    (5) specified in subdivision (d), (e), or (f) of
    Section 11055 . . . shall be punished by
    imprisonment in a county jail for a period of
    not more than one year or pursuant to
    subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal
    Code.
    By comparison, the CSA defines a “controlled substance”
    as “a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor,
    included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of part B of this
    subchapter.” 21 U.S.C. § 802(6). In turn, the schedules are
    codified in 21 U.S.C. § 812 and revised annually in 21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.01 et seq. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 802(6), 812(a).
    The text of the relevant statutes is not particularly helpful
    here because both § 11377(a) and the CSA define offenses by
    reference to other statutes. Nevertheless, as laid out in
    Appendix 1, the substances barred by § 11377(a) and the
    CSA are nearly identical. Indeed, khat (Catha Edulis) is one
    of the only substances that violates § 11377(a) but not the
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    CSA.1 See Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11377(a)(5)
    (prohibiting substances specified in California Health &
    Safety Code § 11055 (d), (e), or (f)); Cal. Health & Safety
    Code § 11055(d)(7) (prohibiting “[k]hat, which includes all
    parts of the plant classified botanically as Catha Edulis”); see
    also, e.g., United States v. Hassan, 
    578 F.3d 108
    , 114 (2d Cir.
    2008) (“Khat itself is not a controlled substance under United
    States law.”); United States v. Caseer, 
    399 F.3d 828
    , 833 (6th
    Cir. 2005) (“[N]either the U.S. Code nor the Code of Federal
    Regulations . . . refers to . . . Catha edulis, commonly known
    as ‘khat.’”).
    This one difference is sufficient because the “full range of
    conduct” covered by California Health & Safety Code
    § 11377(a) does not fall within the CSA schedules, and as
    such, Coronado’s conviction is not a categorically removable
    offense.2 Accordingly, we must consider whether we may
    use the “modified categorical” approach to determine whether
    Coronado was convicted of a removable offense under
    8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II). Cheuk Fung 
    S-Yong, 600 F.3d at 1029
    .
    1
    Chorionic gonadotropin (HGC) (Cal. Health & Safety Code
    § 11056(f)(32)) is also not listed in the federal schedules. See 21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.13 (Schedule III of the CSA).
    2
    We previously determined that California law regulates the possession
    of several substances that are not similarly regulated by the CSA. Ruiz-
    
    Vidal, 473 F.3d at 1078
    . Although Ruiz-Vidal reinforces our decision
    here, we are not bound by that opinion because there, we analyzed
    California Health & Safety Code §§ 11055(b)(1)(G) and 11033—statutes
    that are not referenced in California Health & Safety Code § 11377(a). 
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    V. HOLDER
    B
    In Descamps, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split
    regarding whether the modified categorical approach is
    appropriate when the indivisible elements of a statute target
    a broader swath of conduct than a corresponding generic
    
    offense. 133 S. Ct. at 2283
    . The Supreme Court answered in
    the negative, clarifying that the modified categorical
    approach only “serves a limited function.” 
    Id. Specifically, the
    modified categorical approach “helps effectuate the
    categorical analysis when a divisible statute, listing potential
    offense elements in the alternative, renders opaque which
    element played a part in the defendant’s conviction.” 
    Id. Thus, properly
    viewed, the modified categorical approach
    merely enables a court to ascertain the specific element that
    a defendant was convicted of violating when a statute
    contains multiple, alternative elements. See 
    id. at 2285
    (describing the modified categorical approach as a “tool” that
    permits a court “to find out which [offense] the defendant was
    convicted of” when a statute contains alternative elements
    that “effectively create[] ‘several different . . . crimes’”
    (quoting Nijhawan v. Holder, 
    557 U.S. 29
    , 41 (2009))).
    Divisibility is therefore an “elements-based” inquiry and not
    a “facts-based” one. 
    Descamps, 133 S. Ct. at 2293
    .
    Applying this “elements-based” inquiry to California
    Penal Code § 459, the burglary statute that was at issue, the
    Descamps Court held that the modified categorical approach
    could not be used because § 459 was not divisible. 
    Id. at 2283.
    Rather, § 459 merely applied “more broadly than the
    generic offense.” 
    Id. While the
    generic offense required “an
    unlawful entry along the lines of breaking and entering,” the
    California statute did not. 
    Id. at 2285.
    Having thus drawn a
    distinction between divisible statutes versus overbroad
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    statutes, the Court held that the modified categorical approach
    “ha[d] no role to play” in analyzing Descamps’s prior
    conviction. 
    Id. Therefore, as
    a threshold matter, we must confront the
    question of whether § 11377(a) is a divisible statute such that
    the modified categorical approach applies.
    C
    Section 11377(a) identifies a number of California drug
    schedules and statutes and organizes them into five separate
    groups, which are listed in the disjunctive. Cal. Health &
    Safety Code § 11377(a). Section 11377(a) criminalizes the
    possession of any one of the controlled substances identified
    by reference. 
    Id. Unlike the
    California burglary statute at
    issue in Descamps, § 11377(a) is not merely an indivisible,
    overbroad statute that lacks an element contained in the
    corresponding generic federal offense. Rather, by its very
    terms, § 11377(a) “list[s] potential offense elements in the
    alternative,” 
    Descamps, 133 S. Ct. at 2284
    , some of which are
    contained in the CSA and some of which are not. Use of the
    modified categorical approach is therefore appropriate “to
    determine which alternative element . . . formed the basis of
    the defendant’s conviction.” 
    Id. at 2284,
    2293. Put
    differently, the modified categorical approach may be used
    here as part of an elements-based inquiry to ascertain which
    portion of § 11377(a) Coronado actually pleaded guilty to
    violating.3
    3
    We have treated a similar provision of the California Health & Safety
    Code as “sufficiently divisible” for purposes of applying the modified
    categorical approach. See Cheuk Fung 
    S-Yong, 600 F.3d at 1034
    n.5
    (noting that California Health & Safety Code § 11379 is divisible); see
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    Coronado argues that § 11377(a) is not necessarily
    divisible because statutes can list “alternative means” of
    satisfying an indivisible set of elements. See 
    id. at 2285
    n.2,
    2290–91. While this may be true as to some statutes, it is not
    the case with regard to § 11377(a). Section 11377(a)
    identifies a number of controlled substances by referencing
    various California drug schedules and statutes and
    criminalizes the possession of any one of those substances.
    The statute thus “effectively creates ‘several different . . .
    crimes,” 
    id. at 2285
    (quoting 
    Nijhawan, 557 U.S. at 41
    ), and
    not separate “means of commission,” 
    id. at 2291
    (internal
    quotation marks omitted). Indeed, the Descamps Court’s
    discussion of a hypothetical state statute criminalizing assault
    with “any of eight specified weapons” supports such a
    conclusion because the Court suggested that the listing of
    alternative weapons by such a statute would not render it
    indivisible. 
    Id. at 2290.
    To the contrary, in such a
    circumstance, a court could apply the modified categorical
    approach and “check the charging documents and
    instructions” to determine which element formed the
    predicate offense for the conviction. 
    Id. The same
    rationale
    applies here with § 11377(a) and its listing of alternative
    controlled substances.4
    also Cabantac v. Holder, 
    736 F.3d 787
    , 789 n.2 (9th Cir. 2013) (Murguia,
    J., dissenting) (although undecided, “[i]t appears that § 11377(a) is a
    divisible statute that permits the application of the modified categorical
    approach”).
    4
    Coronado further argues that “the precise controlled substance
    possessed is not an essential element” of § 11377(a). Neither case he cites
    supports this contention. See People v. Palaschak, 
    893 P.2d 717
    , 720–21
    (Cal. 1995) (holding that an offender may be convicted of the offense of
    possessing drugs despite having ingested those drugs); People v. Martin,
    
    86 Cal. Rptr. 3d 858
    , 861–82 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (finding no error where
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    D
    In applying the modified categorical approach to
    Coronado’s prior convictions, we find that the government
    met its burden of proving that he was twice convicted of
    possessing methamphetamine.
    Coronado claims that under the modified categorical
    approach, the only relevant document in each case was the
    criminal complaint, which alone is insufficient to establish
    that the controlled substance he possessed was
    methamphetamine as opposed to a substance not covered by
    the CSA. However, Coronado ignores the fact that the
    government may also rely on other “equally reliable”
    documents to show that he pleaded to the facts alleged in
    each criminal complaint. In conducting a modified
    categorical analysis, the court may consider the charging
    document, the terms of a plea agreement, the transcript of
    colloquy between the judge and the defendant in which the
    factual basis for the plea was confirmed by the defendant, and
    comparable judicial records. Shepard v. United States,
    
    544 U.S. 13
    , 26 (2005). The list of documents in Shepard is
    merely illustrative, and “documents of equal reliability may
    also be considered.” United States v. Snellenberger, 
    548 F.3d 699
    , 701 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (per curiam). For
    example, in Snellenberger, we decided that a California state
    court clerk’s minute order was “equally reliable” and could
    the defense failed to object to the specificity of the pleadings and the
    defendant was not prejudiced by the conflicting references to “cocaine”
    and “cocaine base” because the penalty of the offense was the same). The
    jury instructions applicable to this offense also undermine Coronado’s
    argument. See CALCRIM No. 2304 (2013); CALJIC 12.00 (2013).
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    be used in applying the modified categorical approach. 
    Id. at 701–02.
    Similarly here, the certified electronic docket in the 2006
    Conviction and the court minutes in the 2010 Conviction are
    equally reliable to the documents approved in Shepard. With
    regard to the certified electronic docket, California Penal
    Code § 1428 permits the clerk to “keep a docket[] instead of
    minutes” in misdemeanor cases, and where “an entry of any
    judgment, order or other proceeding in the minutes . . . is
    required, an entry thereof in the docket shall be made and
    shall be deemed a sufficient entry in the minutes . . . for all
    purposes.” Because docket sheets may be kept in lieu of
    minute orders, they qualify as documents of “equal
    reliability.” See 
    Snellenberger, 548 F.3d at 701
    ; United
    States v. Strickland, 
    601 F.3d 963
    , 968 (9th Cir. 2010)
    (permitting the use of an uncertified docket sheet from a
    Maryland court). Likewise, under Snellenberger, the court
    minutes in the 2010 Conviction are equally reliable.
    Where the minute order or other equally reliable
    document specifies that a defendant pleaded guilty to a
    particular count of a criminal complaint, the court may
    consider the facts alleged in the complaint. Cabantac v.
    Holder, 
    736 F.3d 787
    , 793–94 (9th Cir. 2013) (per curiam).
    Applying Cabantac, the criminal complaints here, read in
    conjunction with the docket sheet and minute order, establish
    that Coronado twice pleaded guilty to possession of
    methamphetamine. In the 2006 Conviction, the certified
    electronic docket shows that Coronado pleaded guilty to
    count one. The criminal complaint listed one count and
    referenced only one controlled substance, namely,
    methamphetamine. Likewise, in the 2010 Conviction, the
    court minutes indicate that Coronado pleaded guilty to count
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    one. In turn, the criminal complaint described only one count
    for possession of methamphetamine.
    Therefore, the BIA did not err in finding Coronado
    inadmissible based on two prior convictions for possession of
    a controlled substance prohibited by California law and the
    CSA.
    II
    We next consider Coronado’s argument that the BIA
    erred in ignoring his constitutional due process claims.
    Specifically, Coronado argues that his due process rights
    were violated because of (1) his former counsel’s ineffective
    assistance and (2) the IJ’s bias during the removal
    proceedings. The BIA addressed neither claim.
    In his pro se brief to the BIA, Coronado explicitly stated
    that he had an “ineffective assistance claim.” In addition, he
    criticized his counsel for failing to “research[] the law and the
    facts as pertained to his case and present [the case] properly.”
    Coronado also argued that his former counsel “showed
    incompetence by failing to object to many of the questions
    and negative facts comments” made by the IJ. Although his
    pro se brief was inartful, we find that Coronado’s complaints
    about his counsel’s deficient performance were sufficient to
    put the BIA on notice of his claim for ineffective assistance
    of counsel. See Figueroa v. Mukasey, 
    543 F.3d 487
    , 492 (9th
    Cir. 2008) (explaining that the exhaustion doctrine is not
    applied “in a formalistic manner” and requires only that the
    petitioner put the BIA on notice as to the specific issues so
    that it has an opportunity to pass on those issues); Agyeman
    v. INS, 
    296 F.3d 871
    , 878 (9th Cir. 2002) (holding that pro se
    claims should be construed liberally).
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    Coronado next argues that the BIA erred in ignoring his
    claim that the IJ failed to act as a neutral fact-finder and
    Coronado was prejudiced because he was prevented from
    fully presenting his case. In his pro se brief to the BIA,
    Coronado criticized the IJ, claiming that the IJ “personally
    attack[ed]” him; appeared to have a “personal vendetta”
    against him; and took the role of both “the prosecutor and
    executioner” by showing that Coronado was “a bad person
    with a bad moral character.” Yet, the BIA inexplicably
    ignored Coronado’s arguments.
    The government contends that Coronado failed to exhaust
    the claim that his former counsel was ineffective. The
    government does not contend that Coronado’s claim that the
    IJ failed to act as a neutral fact-finder was unexhausted but
    instead argues that we lack jurisdiction to review the claim
    because the BIA independently weighed the discretionary
    factors. We disagree with both of the government’s
    contentions.
    The BIA is “not free to ignore arguments raised by a
    petitioner.” Sagaydak v. Gonzales, 
    405 F.3d 1035
    , 1040 (9th
    Cir. 2005). However, under the ordinary remand rule, “we
    are not permitted to decide a claim that the immigration court
    has not considered in the first instance.” Montes-Lopez v.
    Gonzales, 
    486 F.3d 1163
    , 1165 (9th Cir. 2007) (citing INS v.
    Ventura, 
    537 U.S. 12
    , 16 (2002) (per curiam)); see also
    Barroso v. Gonzales, 
    429 F.3d 1195
    , 1209 (9th Cir. 2005)
    (“Although it appears that [the petitioner] may well have been
    denied his statutory right to counsel, it is not for us to
    determine this question in the first instance.” (citing 
    Ventura, 537 U.S. at 16
    )). Accordingly, we remand both claims to the
    BIA to consider them in the first instance.
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    III
    Finally, Coronado argues for the first time on appeal that
    the BIA violated his right to equal protection in denying his
    application for cancellation of removal. Specifically,
    Coronado contends that the BIA’s analysis in weighing the
    positive factors versus the negative factors violated his right
    to equal protection because it failed to consider rehabilitation
    while in detention.
    “[E]xhaustion of administrative remedies is a prerequisite
    to our jurisdiction.” Barron v. Ashcroft, 
    358 F.3d 674
    , 677
    (9th Cir. 2004) (citing 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1)). Here,
    Coronado’s equal protection claim is unexhausted because he
    raised it for the first time in his petition for review.
    Accordingly, we dismiss the petition with respect to this
    claim for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. See 
    Barron, 358 F.3d at 678
    .
    Conclusion
    The petition for review is DENIED in part as to the
    BIA’s determination that Coronado is inadmissible due to his
    convictions for possession of methamphetamine; GRANTED
    in part and REMANDED as to Coronado’s due process
    claims; and DISMISSED in part as to Coronado’s equal
    protection claim.
    The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.
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    Appendix 1
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    California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a)(1)
    CALIFORNIA                             FEDERAL
    Schedule III (§ 11056)               generally* 21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.13
    Schedule IV (§ 11057)                generally 21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.14
    Schedule V (§ 11058)                 generally 21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.15
    * California Schedules III–V are nearly identical to the
    federal Schedules III–V.5 However, there are five substances
    that are enumerated in a different portion of California’s
    schedules than their federal counterpart:
    CALIFORNIA                             FEDERAL
    § 11056(b)(5)                        21 C.F.R. § 1308.14(f)(5)
    § 11056(c)(11)                       21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(e)(1)
    § 11056(d)(1)                        21 C.F.R. § 1308.13(f)(1)
    § 11057(b)(c)(3)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.14(g)(2)
    § 11058(d)                           21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.13(e)(2)(i)
    5
    As previously noted, chorionic gonadotropin (HGC), which is listed in
    California Schedule III, Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11056(f)(32), is not
    listed in the federal schedules.
    20                CORONADO V. HOLDER
    California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a)(2)
    CALIFORNIA                   FEDERAL
    § 11054(d)(1)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(2)
    § 11054(d)(2)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(4)
    § 11054(d)(3)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(7)
    § 11054(d)(4)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(8)
    § 11054(d)(5)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(9)
    § 11054(d)(6)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(10)
    § 11054(d)(7)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(14)
    § 11054(d)(8)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(17)
    § 11054(d)(9)               21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(18)
    § 11054(d)(10)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(19)
    § 11054(d)(11)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(21)
    § 11054(d)(12)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(22)
    § 11054(d)(16)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(27)
    § 11054(d)(17)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(28)
    § 11054(d)(18)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(29)
    § 11054(d)(19)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(30)
    § 11054(d)(21)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(32)
    § 11054(d)(22)              21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(33)
    CORONADO V. HOLDER                   21
    § 11054(d)(23)            21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(34)
    California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a)(3)
    CALIFORNIA                  FEDERAL
    § 11056(c)(11)            21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(e)(3)
    California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a)(4)
    CALIFORNIA                  FEDERAL
    § 11054(f)(2)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(f)(4)
    § 11054(f)(3)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(f)(7)
    California Health and Safety Code § 11377(a)(5)
    CALIFORNIA                  FEDERAL
    § 11055(d)(1)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(d)(1)
    § 11055(d)(2)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(d)(2)
    § 11055(d)(3)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(f)(8)
    § 11055(d)(4)             NONE
    § 11055(d)(5)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(d)(3)
    § 11055(d)(6)             21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(d)(4)
    § 11055(d)(7)             NONE
    22                   CORONADO V. HOLDER
    § 11055(d)(8)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(f)(3)
    § 11055(e)(1)                     21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.13(c)(2)(i)
    § 11055(e)(2)                     21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.13(c)(2)(iii)
    § 11055(e)(3)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(e)(4)
    § 11055(e)(3)(A)                  21 C.F.R. § 1308.11(d)(33)
    § 11055(e)(3)(B)                  NONE
    § 11055(e)(3)(C)                  21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(e)(4)6
    § 11055(e)(4)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(e)(5)
    § 11055(e)(5)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(e)(2)
    § 11055(f)(1)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(g)(1)
    § 11055(f)(1)(A)                  21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.12(g)(1)(i)
    § 11055(f)(2)                     21 C.F.R. § 1308.12(g)(2)
    § 11055(f)(2)(A)                  21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.12(g)(2)(i)
    § 11055(f)(2)(B)                  21 C.F.R.
    § 1308.12(g)(2)(ii)
    6
    The CSA does not cover additional forms of phencyclidine that the
    Attorney General may add.