NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 20 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-56254 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 8:93-cr-00130-JVS v. MEMORANDUM* RAFAEL BUSTAMANTE, a.k.a. Ralph Bustamante, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding Submitted November 15, 2017** Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. Former federal prisoner Rafael Bustamante appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the denial of a coram nobis petition de novo, see United States v. Riedl, 496 F.3d 1003, 1005 (9th Cir. 2007), and we affirm. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Bustamante contends that he is entitled to coram nobis relief because counsel was ineffective for failing to secure a sentence that would have made him eligible for relief from deportation under former Immigration Nationality Act § 212(c). The record does not support Bustamante’s claim that counsel could have negotiated a disposition that would have qualified him for § 212 relief. Bustamante also argues, for the first time on appeal, that his attorney affirmatively misled him regarding the immigration consequences of pleading guilty. Even if this claim is properly before this court, see Beets v. County of Los Angeles, 669 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 2012), the record shows that Bustamante was advised, and understood, that the conviction could subject him to deportation. Contrary to Bustamante’s contention, the record is sufficiently developed to make this determination, and his alternative request that this court remand for further proceedings is, accordingly, denied. Because Bustamante has not shown that his counsel’s performance was neither deficient nor prejudicial, he has not established an error “of the most fundamental character” entitling him to a writ of error coram nobis. See Riedl, 496 F.3d at 1005-06. AFFIRMED. 2 16-56254 16-56254 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. United States v. Rafael Bustamante 20 November 2017 Habeas Unpublished f6776c3097a1550410202b59e795043b1a9e73b5
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