Opinion
No. 11-71436 Agency No. A044-251-269
02-13-2013
AKIENE GREG GRANGER, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Akiene Greg Granger, a native and citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's removal order. We dismiss the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's removal order because Granger conceded at the pleading stage of his removal proceedings that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(C) due to his conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon under California Penal Code § 12021(a)(1). See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C) (stripping the court of jurisdiction to review removal orders predicated on convictions for firearm offenses); see also Flores-Miramontes v. INS, 212 F.3d 1133, 1135 (9th Cir. 2000) (applying the jurisdictional bar in the case of an alien who conceded removability due to his conviction).
Granger's challenge to the agency's aggravated-felony determination is not sufficiently colorable to establish our jurisdiction because Young v. Holder, 697 F.3d 976, 989 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), forecloses his argument. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 978 (9th Cir. 2009) ("To be colorable in this context . . . , the claim [or question] must have some possible validity." (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.