Kong

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHANTHA KONG, No. 22-1981 Agency No. Petitioner, A027-316-272 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted October 16, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: GOULD, BEA, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Chantha Kong, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions for our review of

the BIA’s decision that declined to reopen his immigration proceedings. In 2007,

Kong was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon under California state

law. Because possession of a firearm by a felon was treated as a removable

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. offense at the time of his conviction, Kong was ordered removed on July 2, 2007.

In 2016 or 2017, Kong learned that, due to a change in law, his California state

conviction for possession of a…