Ordered that the order is affirmed.
On March 31, 2010, the United States Supreme Court held in Padilla v Kentucky (559 U.S. 356 [2010]) that the Sixth Amendment requires defense attorneys to inform noncitizen clients of the deportation risks of guilty pleas. However, Padilla does not apply retroactively to persons whose convictions became final before Padilla was decided (see Chaidez v United States, 568 US ___,
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