Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 18, 2007, 04-73812 (Jose Reyes Ruiz-Vidal v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General)

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.