Case Name: Miguel Gomez LINARES, aka Miguel Gomez Linarez, aka Miguel Gomez Tenas, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-03
Citations: 698 F. App'x 429
Docket Number: No. 15-72057
Parties: Miguel Gomez LINARES, aka Miguel Gomez Linarez, aka Miguel Gomez Tenas, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 698
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
Miguel Gomez LINARES, aka Miguel Gomez Linarez, aka Miguel Gomez Tenas, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-72057
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted September 26, 2017
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Miguel Gomez Linarez, Paeoima, CA, pro se
Sheri Robyn Glaser, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, 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
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- Barcenas v. Lynch, 797 F.3d 643 (9th Cir. 2015).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.