U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2017

Miguel Gomez Linares v. Jefferson Sessions

Miguel Gomez Linares v. Jefferson Sessions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided October 3, 2017 · Silverman, Tallman, Smith
698 F. App'x 429

Miguel Gomez Linares v. Jefferson Sessions

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Miguel Gomez Linares, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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. Coronado v. Holder, 759 F.3d 977, 982 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.

The agency did not err in determining that Gomez Linares is ineligible for temporary protected status, where the record shows he was convicted in 2007 of a felony under California Health and Safety Code § 11350(a). See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(c)(2)(B)(i) (alien who has committed a felony is not eligible for temporary protected status).

Gomez Linares’ contention that his conviction has been reduced to a misdemeanor is not supported by the record.

The agency did not err in determining that Gomez Linares would have been ineligible for relief under the Federal First Offender Act (“FFOA”) had he been prosecuted in federal court, where, notwithstanding the later dismissal of his conviction under state law, the record shows he failed to abide by the terms of his grant of deferred entry of judgment. See Estrada v. Holder, 560 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th Cir. 2009) (“FFOA relief is not available when the person whose conviction is expunged has violated a condition of probation.”), overruled on other grounds by Madrigal- *430 Barcenas v. Lynch, 797 F.3d 643 (9th Cir. 2015).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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