Won Ho Park v. MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Director of Homeland Security

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously finds this case 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
WON HO PARK,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Director of
Homeland Security,
Respondent - Appellee.
No. 07-55522
D.C. No. CV-06-05414-SVW
MEMORANDUM *
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 7, 2009**
Pasadena, California
Before: HALL, THOMPSON and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Won Ho Park appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241
habeas petition seeking to preclude the Department of Homeland Security from
executing its final order of removal. We have jurisdiction over this appeal
FILED
DEC 09 2009
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and review the district court’s dismissal de novo.
Iasu v. Smith, 511 F.3d 881, 884 (9th Cir. 2007).
Since Park’s petition seeks to have the district court overturn a final order of
removal, the district court properly dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction lies exclusively in the Court of Appeals. And because the habeas
petition was filed after May 11, 2005, the district court must dismiss and may not
transfer the petition to the Court of Appeals. Id. at 886-89; Morgan v. Gonzales,
495 F.3d 1084, 1089-90 (9th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S.Ct. 1290 (2008). We
lack jurisdiction to consider the merits of the claim. Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co.,
372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir. 2004).
AFFIRMED.

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