Case Name: Nelson TAMAYO-OMAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-03-24
Citations: 90 F. App'x 996
Docket Number: No. 02-73145
Parties: Nelson TAMAYO-OMAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 90
Pages: 996–997

Head Matter:
Nelson TAMAYO-OMAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-73145.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 15, 2004.
Decided March 24, 2004.
Joseph L. Feldun, Esq., Korenberg, Abramowitz & Feldun, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Lagu-na Niguel, CA, Los Angeles District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, David V. Bernal, Attorney, M. Jocelyn Wright, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before B. FLETCHER, WARDLAW, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
John Ashcroft is the proper respondent. The Clerk shall amend the docket to reflect the above caption.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Nelson Tamayo-Omar, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") order of deportation. This case is governed by the transitional rules of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ("IIRIRA"). See Alfaro-Reyes v. INS, 224 F.3d 916, 920 (9th Cir.2000). We have jurisdiction to determine our own jurisdiction, id. at 918, and we dismiss the petition.
Pursuant to IIRIRA § 309(c)(4)(G), no direct appeal is permitted where an alien is deportable by reason of having eommit-ted an offense covered by Immigration and Nationality Act § 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) (aggravated felonies). See Alfaro-Reyes, 224 F.3d at 920-21. Petitioner's conviction under California Penal Code § 288(a) for lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under 14 is an aggravated felony. See United States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144, 1147 (9th Cir.1999). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's claims, including his constitutional claims. See Alfaro-Reyes, 224 F.3d at 922.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.