MEMORANDUM **

Raul Gallegos-Carrillo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and constitutional claims, Khan v. Holder, 584 F.3d 773, 776 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Gallegos-Carrillo does not challenge the BIA’s determination that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) based on his 1996 conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age in violation of California Penal Code § 288(a).

Contrary to Gallegos-Carrillo’s contention, he is ineligible for relief under former section 212(c), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (repealed 1996), because his ground of removability lacks a statutory counterpart in a ground of inadmissibility. See 8 C.F.R. § 1212.3(f)(5); see also Abebe v. Mukasey, *366 554 F.3d 1203, 1207 & 1208 n. 7 (9th Cir. 2009) (en banc).

Gallegos-Carrillo’s retroactivity and equal protection challenges to the BIA’s denial of section 212(c) relief are foreclosed by Abebe, 554 F.3d at 1207 & 1208 n. 7.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.