WON HO PARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Director of Homeland Security, Respondent-Appellee, 357 F. App'x 853

MEMORANDUM Won Ho Park appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition seeking to preclude the Department of Homeland Security from executing its final order of removal. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and review the district court’s dismissal de novo. Iasu v. Smith, 511 F.3d 881, 884 (9th Cir.2007). Since Park’s petition seeks to have the district court overturn a final order of removal, the district court properly dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction. Jurisdiction lies exclusively in the Court of Appeals.

And because the habeas petition was filed after May 11, 2005, the district court must dismiss and may not transfer the petition to the Court of Appeals. Id. at 886-89; Morgan v. Gonzales, 495 F.3d 1084, 1089-90 (9th Cir.2007), cert. denied, 552 U.S. 1186, 128 S.Ct. 1290, 170 L.Ed.2d 71 (2008). We lack jurisdiction to consider the merits of the claim. Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir.2004). AFFIRMED. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.