Peguero Cruz v. Gonzales

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Ramon Peguero-Cruz petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen the deportation proceedings against him. 1 We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

An immigration judge (“IJ”) entered an order of deportation against Peguero-Cruz in 1990 on the ground that he had been convicted of possessing a controlled substance in violation of state law. See 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(ll) (1990) (current version at 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)® (2005)). Peguero-Cruz filed a timely appeal of this order to the BIA, which affirmed…