Carlos Luna-Garcia v. Loretta E. Lynch

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 24 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CARLOS LUNA-GARCIA, No. 11-73092 Petitioner, Agency No. A072-254-731 v. MEMORANDUM* LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted February 24, 2016** Pasadena, California Before: GRABER and WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM,*** Chief District Judge. Carlos Luna-Garcia petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s (IJ) * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable John R. Tunheim, Chief District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation. Page 2 of 2 denial of his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss Luna-Garcia’s petition. We lack jurisdiction to decide whether Luna-Garcia is eligible for cancellation of removal. Luna-Garcia contends that the IJ’s decision is erroneous because (1) his 1998 conviction under California Penal Code § 273.5 is not a “crime of domestic violence” under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i), and (2) his 1998 conviction under California Health and Safety Code § 11383(c)(1) is not an “aggravated felony” under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(43)(B), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), 1229b(a)(3). He did not, however, raise these arguments before the BIA. His claims are therefore unexhausted and fall outside our jurisdiction to review. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677–78 (9th Cir. 2004). PETITION DISMISSED.