Akiene Granger v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

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…