Case Name: Naif Taher Saleh AL-KOBA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-08-11
Citations: 193 F. App'x 383
Docket Number: No. 05-60541
Parties: Naif Taher Saleh AL-KOBA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before GARZA, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 193
Pages: 383–383

Head Matter:
Naif Taher Saleh AL-KOBA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-60541
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 11, 2006.
Eric Walter Schultz, Sacks, Kolken & Schultz, Buffalo, NY, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Cindy S. Ferrier, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Anne M. Estrada, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Dallas, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before GARZA, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Naif Taher Saleh Al-Koba, a native and citizen of Yemen, petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his untimely filed appeal that challenged the denial of his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In May 2005, Al-Koba filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking judicial review of his removal order and alleging for the first time that counsel was ineffective because she failed to notify him of the consequences of failing to appear at his removal hearing and because she filed an untimely notice of appeal to the BIA. Al-Koba's petition was transferred to this court pursuant to the Real ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. No. 109-13, § 106(c), 119 Stat. 231, 311 (May 11, 2005), to be treated as a timely petition for review. See Rosales v. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 426 F.3d 733, 736 (5th Cir.2005), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 1055, 163 L.Ed.2d 882 (2006).
This court must consider its jurisdiction to review a case sua sponte if necessary. Goonsuwan v. Ashcroft, 252 F.3d 383, 385 (5th Cir.2001). A court can review a final order of removal only when "the alien has exhausted all administrative remedies available to the alien as of right." 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); Ramirez-Molina v. Ziglar, 436 F.3d 508, 514 (5th Cir.2006). Examination of the record confirms that Al-Koba failed to raise his instant claim of ineffective assistance of counsel before the BIA on appeal or in a motion to reopen the proceedings. Consequently, this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain his petition. See Goonsuwan, 252 F.3d at 386-90; Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 137 (5th Cir.2004).
PETITION DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.