Carlos Angel Luis-Feliz v. ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States

Honorable Alan D. Lourie, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal*
Circuit, sitting by designation.
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 04-3301
CARLOS ANGEL LUIS-FELIZ,
Petitioner
v.
*ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney General
of the United States,
Respondents
*(Amended pursuant to Rule 43(c), Fed. R. App. Pro.)
ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS
(No. A43-047-282)
Submitted pursuant to LAR 34.1(a)
September 26, 2005
Before: ALITO, AMBRO, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges*
(Opinion Filed October 12, 2005)

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OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
Carlos Angel Luis-Feliz seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“BIA”) vacating and remanding a decision by an Immigration Judge (“IJ”). The
IJ ordered these proceedings terminated after concluding that Luis-Feliz was a United
States citizen. Because the BIA disagreed with that assessment, it remanded to the IJ for a
removability determination. This petition followed. Because we write for the parties, we
do not set out the facts. We will dismiss this petition for want of jurisdiction.
I.
Under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), we have jurisdiction to review only a final order of
removal. See Popal v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 249, 252 n. 1 (3d Cir. 2005). An “order of
removal” is a determination that an alien is removable. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(47)(A)
(defining the term “order of deportation”); Avila-Macias v. Ashcroft, 328 F.3d 108, 111-
12 (3d Cir. 2003) (concluding that there is no difference between “removal” and
“deportation”). That order becomes final when the BIA affirms the IJ’s decision or when
the time for appeal to the BIA expires. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(47)(B).
II.
The BIA has decided that Luis-Feliz is an alien, but neither it nor the IJ has yet
determined that he is removable. As such, there is no order of removal (much less a final

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one) before us, and we lack jurisdiction to hear this petition. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1);
Lopez-Ruiz v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 886, 887 (9th Cir. 2002) (order).
III.
For this reason, we must dismiss Luis-Feliz’s petition for review without
prejudice.

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