Mesba Keder MOSSA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent, 160 F. App'x 554

PER CURIAM. Mesba Keder Mossa petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252. An Immigration Judge ordered Mossa removed for two prior domestic-battery convictions under Kansas law, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)®. The BIA affirmed the IJ. Mossa claims that his convictions are not “crimes of domestic violence” against a “protected person” under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)®. These arguments are without merit. An alien is deportable if convicted of a crime of domestic violence against any person who is protected under the domestic violence laws of any state.

See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)®. Kansas law protects “household members” who reside together from “domestic battery” by other residents of the same household. Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-3412(c)(4) (2000); 21-3412a(c)(l) (2001). As Mossa committed domestic battery against two “household members” — his brother and his cousin — both of his convictions fall squarely within the Act. Accordingly, after a de novo review of the legal determinations, no error of law appears. This court denies Mossa’s petition for review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.