U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005

Viana v. Gonzales

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 27, 2005

132 F. App'x 733

Counsel

Bayron Jesus Rosales Viana, Las Vegas, NV, pro se., Dora Inez Olaya Bonilla, Las Vegas, NV, pro se., Maria Camila Rosales Olaya, Las Vegas, NV, pro se., Juan Andres Rosales Olaya, Las Vegas, NV, pro se., Sarah R. Meadows, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioners., NVL-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Las Vegas, NV, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Andrew C. MacLachlan, William K. Olivier, DOJ — ■U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Opinion of the Court

ORDER •

The BIA had no authority to issue an order removing Rosales-Viana to Colombia. See Molina-Camacho v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 937 (9th Cir. 2004); Salvatierra-Cermeno v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2005). Because 8 U.S.C. § 1252 only gives this court jurisdiction to review final orders of removal, we lack jurisdiction to review Rosales-Viana’s petition for review.

We therefore construe the case as a petition for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and transfer it to the United States District Court of Nevada, Las Vegas. See Molina-Camacho, 393 F.3d at 942; 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Upon transfer, Rosales-Viana may make any necessary amendments to perfect the form of his petition.

TRANSFERRED.

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