
    Richard Merino BASCAL, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 04-71442.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 24, 2006.
    
    Decided July 27, 2006.
    
      Robin Chandler Carr, Esq., Law Offices of Carr & Thompson, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
    CAS-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Mary Jane Candaux, Esq., Deborah N. Misir, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: ALARCÓN, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Richard Merino Bascal, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, Parrilla v. Gonzales, 414 F.3d 1038, 1040 (9th Cir.2005), and deny the petition for review.

Reviewing de novo, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005), we conclude that the BIA properly determined that Bascal’s conviction pursuant to California Penal Code § 261.5(a) for unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 years is categorically a conviction for “sexual abuse of a minor.” See Afridi v. Gonzales, 442 F.3d 1212, 1217 (9th Cir.2006). Accordingly, Bascal is removable as an aggravated felon. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(43)(A), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
      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.
     