Joselito Castro v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Joselito Castro, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and constitutional claims, Khan v. Holder, 584 F.3d 773, 776 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Castro does not challenge the agency’s determination that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(iii) based on his 1994 conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age in violation of California Penal Code § 288(a).

The BIA correctly determined that Castro is ineligible for relief under former section 212(c), 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c) (repealed 1996), because his ground of removability lacks a statutory counterpart in a ground of inadmissibility. See 8 C.F.R. § 1212.3 (f)(5). Castro’s legal and constitutional challenges to this determination are foreclosed by Abebe v. Mukasey, 554 F.3d 1203, 1207 , 1208 n. 7 (9th Cir.2009) (en banc) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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