Chandi

MEMORANDUM **

Gurbax Singh Chandi, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision removing him from the United States because of his convictions under Cal.Penal Code §§ 488, 496a, 8 U.S.C. § 1160 (b)(7)(A)(ii), and 18 U.S.C. § 371 . We lack jurisdiction over the merits of this petition for review pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(C).

Section 1252(a)(2)(C) deprives this court of jurisdiction over a petition for review from an alien “who at any time after admission is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct[.]” 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a) (2)(A) (ii). Chandi’s convictions for petty theft, receipt of stolen property, and conspiracy to create and supply false immigration documents are all crimes involving moral turpitude. See United States v. Esparza-Ponce, 193 F.3d 1133, 1136 (9th Cir.1999) (petty theft); McNaughton v. INS, 612 F.2d 457, 459 (9th Cir.1980) (per curiam) (“crime having as an element the intent to defraud clearly is one involving moral turpitude”); Wadman v. INS, 329 F.2d 812,…