Case Name: Manuel ANGUIANO-ARTEAGA, 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: 2006-08-09
Citations: 193 F. App'x 350
Docket Number: No. 05-60689
Parties: Manuel ANGUIANO-ARTEAGA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 193
Pages: 350–351

Head Matter:
Manuel ANGUIANO-ARTEAGA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-60689
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 9, 2006.
Tony Parada, Manuel Solis Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
David V. Bernal, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Jennifer Paisner, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Jill Lynn Ondrejko-Venezia, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner Manuel Anguiano-Arteaga (Anguiano) appeals (1) the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) reversal of the immigration judge's grant of a waiver of inadmissibility and (2) the BIA's final order of removal based on Anguiano's commission of an aggravated felony. Anguiano argues that his crime of indecency with a child by exposure was not an aggravated felony. The respondent argues that we lack jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C).
We have held that, under § 1252(a)(2)(C), jurisdiction will be precluded when the alien is removable for committing an aggravated felony. See Nehme v. INS, 252 F.3d 415, 420 (5th Cir.2001). Anguiano's conviction under Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.11(a)(2) is an aggravated felony. See United States v. Zavala-Sustaita, 214 F.3d 601, 607 (5th Cir.2000). Consequently, we lack jurisdiction to consider his petition. See § 1252(a)(2)(C); Nehme, 252 F.3d at 420. In addition, we lack jurisdiction over the BIA's "discretionary exercise of its power to review and reverse the IJ's grant of, rather than eligibility for, section 212(c) relief." See Delgado-Reynua v. Gonzales, 450 F.3d 596, 600 (5th Cir.2006)percent. We therefore dismiss this portion of Anguiano's petition for review.
Anguiano also argues that the BIA should have remanded the matter to the immigration judge rather than ordering him removed. The BIA did not exceed the scope of its authority in so doing. See Delgado-Reynua, 450 F.3d at 600-601. This portion of Anguiano's petition for review is therefore denied.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED IN PART FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION; DENIED IN PART.
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.