Raul Masa Montero v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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579 F. App'x 572
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 17, 201413-70495California297 words

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MEMORANDUM

Raul Masa Montero, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his application for cancellation of removal, and denying his motion to remand. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Masa Montero failed to demonstrate the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship necessary for caneella tion of removal. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order) (“[Ajbsent a colorable legal or constitutional claim, we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that an alien failed to prove that removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship....”).

We also lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Masa Montero’s new evidence of hardship accompanying his motion to remand did not alter its underlying hardship determination. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 601 (9th Cir.2006) (“If ... the BIA determines that a motion to reopen proceedings in which there has already been an unreviewable discretionary determination…

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