Akiene Greg Granger v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
AKIENE GREG GRANGER,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 11-71436
Agency No. A044-251-269
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 11, 2013**
Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
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.
FILED
FEB 13 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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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 have some possible validity.” (internal
quotation marks and citation omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
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