Paris

MEMORANDUM

Eugenia Paris, a citizen of Romania, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, dismissing the appeal of an immigration judge’s denial of her application for cancellation of removal. The BIA agreed with the IJ that Paris was statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal due to her prior convictions for receipt of a stolen vehicle, in violation of California Penal Code section 496d(a), and for receiving stolen property, in violation of California Penal Code section 496(a). The BIA also held that Paris’s theft convictions constituted crimes involving moral turpitude. We have jurisdiction over these issues. See Vizcarra-Ayala v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 870, 872 (9th Cir.2008) (whether an offense is an aggravated felony for the purposes of the INA is a question of law and therefore not subject to statutory jurisdictional constraints); Tall v. Mukasey, 517 F.3d 1115, 1118 (9th Cir.2008) (“[W]e have jurisdiction to determine our jurisdiction — that is, to determine whether Tail’s convictions qualify as crimes involving moral turpitude.”).

Paris argues that her convictions under the two statutes do not constitute aggravated felonies because both…