Case Name: Bikramjeet SINGH, Petitioner v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-10-15
Citations: 250 F. App'x 631
Docket Number: No. 06-60675
Parties: Bikramjeet SINGH, Petitioner v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 250
Pages: 631–632

Head Matter:
Bikramjeet SINGH, Petitioner v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-60675
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 15, 2007.
Thomas Perrill Adams, Law Office of Thomas P. Adams, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, Don George Seroggin, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Trey Lund, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Bikramjeet Singh, a native and citizen of India, has filed a petition for review from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). An immigration judge (IJ) determined that Singh was ineligible for adjustment of status and ordered him removed to India. While Singh's appeal of the IJ's decision was pending before the BIA and after briefing had been completed by the parties, the Attorney General and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an interim rule repealing the regulations that barred Singh's eligibility for adjustment of status and clarifying where jurisdiction lies to adjudicate adjustment applications. Applying the interim rule, the BIA determined that the IJ lacked jurisdiction to consider Singh's adjustment application.
Singh argues that his due process rights were violated because the BIA decided his case pursuant to the interim rule, which the parties did not have an opportunity to address. Singh's argument is unavailing because "discretionary relief from removal, including an application for adjustment of status, is not a liberty or property right that requires due process protection." Ahmed v. Gonzales, 447 F.3d 433, 440 (5th Cir .2006).
Singh makes no argument that the BIA otherwise misapplied the interim rule, that the interim rule is inapplicable to his case, or that the regulations amended by the interim rule are facially invalid in their current form. Singh has thus waived any such arguments. See Calderon-Ontiveros v. INS, 809 F.2d 1050, 1052 (5th Cir.1986). Instead, Singh argues that remand is appropriate based on additional amendments presented in the interim rule for consideration and public comment. Singh argues that these prospective amendments could later be found to conflict with 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a). Singh's argument is not ripe for review. See Chem. Mfrs. Ass'n v. EPA, 870 F.2d 177, 233 (5th Cir.1989).
The petition for review is DENIED.
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.