Rafael Domingo Esmerio, a.k.a. Rafael Esmerio-Domingo v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General;

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAFAEL DOMINGO ESMERIO, a.k.a.
Rafael Esmerio-Domingo,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General;
et al.,
Respondents - Appellees.
No. 07-35162
D.C. No. CV-06-00411-RSL
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Robert S. Lasnik, Chief District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 5, 2010**
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Rafael Domingo Esmerio, a native and citizen of the Philippines, appeals pro
se from the district court’s order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
FILED
APR 13 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(a). We review de novo,
Puri v. Gonzales, 464 F.3d 1038, 1040 (9th Cir. 2006), and we affirm.
The district court properly concluded it lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
See REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-13, § 106(c), 119 Stat. 231, 311 (2005).
Esmerio cannot challenge his underlying removal order via review of his habeas
petition. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5).
AFFIRMED.

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