Serrato-Espinoza

MEMORANDUM *

Israel Serrato-Espinoza appeals his conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal reentry after deportation. We affirm, though on different grounds than those underlying the district court’s decision. Because the facts are familiar to the parties, we will not recite them here.

Although the immigration judge at Serrato-Espinoza’s underlying deportation hearing in 2000 violated Serrato-Espinoza’s due process rights by failing to inform him of the possibility of relief under 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c) (1994) (“Section 212(c) relief’), 1 Serrato-Espinoza has not shown that he “suffered prejudice as the result of the defects.” 2 Accordingly, we affirm.

Aggravated felony convictions that occurred after the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re *724 sponsibility Act 3 independently bar Section 212(c) relief. 4 Serrato-Espinoza has such a conviction. The guilty plea proceeding transcript of which we have already taken judicial notice definitively shows that Serrato-Espinoza’s 1999 conviction satisfies the generic elements of a theft offense. 5 Accordingly, he cannot show that a plausible ground for relief from deportation existed, 6 despite counsel’s…