Case Name: Junior Anthony PHILLIPS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-11
Citations: 478 F. App'x 13
Docket Number: No. 12-1471
Parties: Junior Anthony PHILLIPS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Respondent.
Judges: Before GREGORY, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 478
Pages: 13–14

Head Matter:
Junior Anthony PHILLIPS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Respondent.
No. 12-1471.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 17, 2012.
Decided: Sept. 11, 2012.
Junior Anthony Phillips, Petitioner Pro Se. Stefanie A. Svoren-Jay, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before GREGORY, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Petition dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Junior Anthony Phillips, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") sustaining the Department of Homeland Security's appeal from the immigration judge's grant of Phillips' application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. For the reasons discussed below, we dismiss the petition for review.
Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C) (2006), we lack jurisdiction, except as provided in 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D) (2006), to review the final order of removal of an alien who is removable for having been convicted of certain enumerated crimes, including an aggravated felony. Under § 1252(a)(2)(C), we retain jurisdiction "to review factual determinations that trigger the jurisdiction-stripping provision, such as whether [Phillips] [i]s an alien and whether [ ]he has been convicted of an aggravated felony." Ramtulla v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 202, 203 (4th Cir.2002). Once we confirm these two factual determinations, then, under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C), (D), we can only consider "constitutional claims or questions of law." § 1252(a)(2)(D); see Mbea v. Gonzales, 482 F.3d 276, 278 n. 1 (4th Cir.2007).
Because Phillips has conceded that he is a native and citizen of Jamaica and that he has been convicted of an aggravated felony as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G) (2006) (defining aggravated felony as including "a theft offense (including receipt of stolen property) or burglary offense for which the term of imprisonment [is] at least one year"), we find that § 1252(a)(2)(C) divests us of jurisdiction over the petition for review. We therefore deny leave to proceed in forma pau-peris and dismiss the petition for review. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DISMISSED.
Phillips does not raise any colorable questions of law or constitutional issues that would fall within the exception set forth in § 1252(a)(2)(D).