Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael BUSTAMANTE, a.k.a. Ralph Bustamante, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-20
Citations: 703 F. App'x 537
Docket Number: No. 16-56254
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael BUSTAMANTE, a.k.a. Ralph Bustamante, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 703
Pages: 537–538

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael BUSTAMANTE, a.k.a. Ralph Bustamante, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-56254
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted November 15, 2017
Filed November 20, 2017
L. Ashley Aull, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Deirdre Zalud Eliot, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S, Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee
Eric S. Montalvo, Attorney, Federal Practice Group, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Former federal prisoner Rafael Busta-mante appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the denial of a coram nobis petition de novo, see United States v. Riedl, 496 F.3d 1003, 1005 (9th Cir. 2007), and we affirm.
Bustamante contends that he is entitled to coram nobis relief because counsel was ineffective for failing to secure a sentence that would have made him eligible for relief from deportation under former Immigration Nationality Act § 212(c). The record does not support Bustamante's claim that counsel could have negotiated a disposition that would have qualified him for § 212 relief.
Bustamante also, argues, for the first time on appeal, that, his attorney affirmatively misled him regarding the immigration consequences of pleading guilty. Even if this claim is properly before this court, see Beets v. County of Los Angeles, 669 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 2012), the record shows that Bustamante was advised, and understood, that the conviction could subject him to deportation. Contrary to Busta-mante's contention, the record is sufficiently developed to make this determination, and his alternative request that this court remand for further proceedings is, accordingly, denied.
Because Bustamante has not shown that his counsel's performance was neither deficient nor prejudicial, he has not established an error "of the most fundamental character" entitling him to a writ of error coram nobis. See Riedl, 496 F.3d at 1005-06.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.