Gaona-Romero v. Gonzales

In a November 28, 2006 opinion, this court affirmed the decision of Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to remove Petitioner Armando Gaona-Romero (“Gaona”). Gao na-Romero v. Gonzales, 207 Fed.Appx. 386 (5th Cir.2006) (unpublished). We held, following this circuit’s precedent in Renteria-Gonzalez v. INS, 322 F.3d 804 (5th Cir.2003), that the BIA correctly determined that Gaona is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) on the basis of his vacated controlled substance conviction.

Gaona now seeks en banc review of the panel decision in his case. Gaona urges that this court should abandon…