Said v. Gonzales

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Mohammad Said petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Because we determine that we have no jurisdiction to review the discretionary BIA decision before us, we dismiss his petition for review.

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Said is a native of Lebanon. As a Palestinian refugee, however, he claims not to be a Lebanese citizen. Said entered the United States with his parents in 1988 when he was 11 years old. In late summer 1994, when he was 17, Said was arrested and then indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, his car.

In February…