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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1271

ANDRE NEWTON JONES,

Petitioner,

versus

U. S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A38-577-485)

Submitted: November 16, 1999 Decided: December 10, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeffrey Brian O’Toole, O’TOOLE, ROTHWELL, NASSAU & STEINBACH, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. John Joseph Andre, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, David Michael McConnell, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Andre Newton Jones petitions for review of a final order of

deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Jones is

a resident alien facing deportation for having been convicted of an

aggravated felony under Section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act, codified at

(a)(2)(A)(iii)(West 1999). Because Jones is an alien who was

convicted of a deportable criminal offense, the Illegal Immigration

Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-

208, § 309(c)(4)(G),

, divests this court of subject

matter jurisdiction over his case. See Hall v. INS,

(4th Cir. 1999); see also Morel v. INS,

(3d Cir. 1998).

Accordingly, we grant the Immigration and Naturalization

Service’s motion to dismiss the petition for judicial review. We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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