Milaudi Karboau v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Milaudi Karboau, a native and citizen of Morocco, petitions pro se for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from a deportation order of an immigration judge (“IJ”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law. Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007). We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s deportation order because Karboau’s convictions for first-degree theft by receiving under Oregon Revised Statute § 164.095 constitute final convictions for aggravated-felony theft offenses that render him deportable under former 8 U.S.C. § 125 1(a)(2) (A) (iii). See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(C) (restricting the court’s jurisdiction to review deportation orders predicated on aggravated-felony convictions); see also Planes v. Holder, 652 F.3d 991, 996 (9th Cir.2011) (“[The] definition of ‘conviction’ ... requires only that the trial court enter a formal judgment of guilt, without any requirement that all direct appeals be exhausted or waived.”); Verdugo-Gonzalez v. Holder, 581 F.3d 1059, 1061 (9th Cir.2009) (“The act of ... receiving…