PURI v. GONZALES
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in PURI v. GONZALES, No. 05-36182, an administrative appeal. The panel consisted of David R. Thompson, A. Wallace Tashima, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Dewan Puri (”Puri”), a native and citizen of India, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus (his second) in the district court, challenging a January 15, 1997, order of deportation, which ordered Puri deported to India. The district court dismissed Puri’s petition for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to the REAL ID Act and Puri filed a timely notice of appeal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. ยงยง 1291 and 2253(a), and we affirm. We review de novo a district court’s decision to dismiss a habeas corpus petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir. 2002). I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Puri lawfully entered the United States with an immigrant visa in 1984. He is married to a United States citizen and has two United States citizen children. Following convictions for child molestation and indecent liberties, Puri was placed in. . .