Case Name: Taniela A. MOLI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-25
Citations: 102 F. App'x 97
Docket Number: No. 03-70954
Parties: Taniela A. MOLI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 102
Pages: 97–98

Head Matter:
Taniela A. MOLI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-70954.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2004.
Decided June 25, 2004.
Taniela A. Moli, Eloy, AZ, R. Bruce Finch, Esq., Chico, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Phoenix, AZ, Linda S. Wernery, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Taniela Ahokovi Moli, a native and citizen of Tonga, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary affirmance of an immigration judge's ("IJ") order of removal. Because Moli was incarcerated at the relevant time, we deem his petition timely filed. See Fed. R.App. P. 25(a)(2)(C). We nonetheless dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
Moli's sole contention is that the IJ erred in finding his December 10, 1996 conviction to be an aggravated felony. We lack jurisdiction to consider this legal claim because Moli failed to present it to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.