Case Name: Enrique GASTELUM-MIRANDA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General; et al., Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-01-18
Citations: 118 F. App'x 338
Docket Number: No. 04-55053; D.C. No. CV-03-00809-JNK
Parties: Enrique GASTELUM-MIRANDA, Petitioner—Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General; et al., Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 118
Pages: 338–338

Head Matter:
Enrique GASTELUM-MIRANDA, Petitioner—Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General; et al., Respondents—Appellees.
No. 04-55053.
D.C. No. CV-03-00809-JNK.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 10, 2005.
Decided Jan. 18, 2005.
Raul M. Montes, Esq., Montes & Montes, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
U.S. Attorney, USSD — Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.
Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Enrique Gastelum-Miranda, a native and citizen of Mexico, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus which sought to challenge the merits of the Board of Immigration Appeals' removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
We previously transferred this case to the district court for proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 after concluding that we lacked jurisdiction over Gastelum-Miranda's petition for review on account of his conviction for a crime of moral turpitude. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C).
Subsequently, the district court found that Gastelum-Miranda's § 2241 petition contained no constitutional or statutory challenges to the removal process, and therefore dismissed the petition. We now reject Gastelum-Miranda's contentions concerning the proper scope of our Article III powers, and affirm. See Gutierrez-Chavez v. INS, 298 F.3d 824, 827 (9th Cir.2002) (as amended) (stating that § 2241 relief is not available against "purely discretionary (yet arguably unwise) decisions made by the executive branch that do not involve violations of the Constitution or federal law").
AFFIRMED.
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