Case Name: Eliezar ABELLA, a.k.a. Eliezar A. Abella, a.k.a. Bert, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-25
Citations: 474 F. App'x 716
Docket Number: No. 10-71500
Parties: Eliezar ABELLA, a.k.a. Eliezar A. Abella, a.k.a. Bert, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 716–717

Head Matter:
Eliezar ABELLA, a.k.a. Eliezar A. Abella, a.k.a. Bert, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71500.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 17, 2012.
Filed July 25, 2012.
James Stanton, Jasmin J. Kim, Esquire, Stanton Law Group, Emmanuel Samonte Tipon, Sparlin & Tipon, LLLC, Honolulu, HI, for Petitioner.
Drew Brinkman, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is Suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Eliezar Abella, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Vargas- Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and remand for further proceedings.
The BIA correctly concluded that the amended aggravated felony definition set forth in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-208 ("IIRIRA"), applies retroactively to render Abella's conviction under California Penal Code § 192(a) an aggravated felony. See Alvarez-Barajas v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1050, 1054 (9th Cir.2005) (IIRIRA definition applies retroactively). Abella's contention that retroactive application of IIRIRA violates his rights to due process and equal protection is unpersuasive, and his contention that it violates the prohibitions against ex post facto laws and bills of attainder is foreclosed by Artukovic v. INS, 693 F.2d 894, 897 (9th Cir.1982).
In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Judulang v. Holder, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct. 476, 484, 181 L.Ed.2d 449 (2011), however, we grant the petition for review in part and remand to the BIA to reassess Abella's eligibility for relief under former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.