320 F. App'x 806

Jesus ROMERO-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

No. 05-72995.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 18, 2009.*

Filed April 2, 2009.

Ste. E, Law Office of Kanwal Singh, Modesto, CA, for Petitioner.

Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Mary Jane Candaux, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

Jesus Romero-Ramirez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board , of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision pretermit-ting his application for adjustment of status. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo constitutional questions and questions of law, Becker v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1000, 1001 n. 2 (9th *807Cir.2007), and we deny the petition for review.

Romero-Ramirez’s contention that the agency’s retroactive application of the expanded aggravated felony definition in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43), violates due process by denying him relief is foreclosed. See Becker, 473 F.3d at 1002-03.

We agree with the agency that Romero-Ramirez’s 1985 aggravated felony convictions render him statutorily ineligible for a § 212(h) waiver. See Becker, 473 F.3d at 1003-04 (grant of § 212(c) relief only waives the finding of deportability; the crimes alleged to be grounds of deportability do not disappear from the alien’s record for immigration purposes); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h)(2).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

Romero-Ramirez v. Holder
320 F. App'x 806

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Romero-Ramirez v. Holder
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