De La Cueva-Puga v. Holder

MEMORANDUM

In these consolidated petitions for review, pro se petitioners Javier De La Cueva-Puga, Maria Lilia Garcia-Salina and Sandra De La Cueva-Garcia, natives and citizens of Mexico, seek review of the Board’s orders dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of their application for cancellation of removal, as well as the Board’s denial of reconsideration. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We dismiss in part and deny in part the petitions for review.

We dismiss the petition for review of the denial of cancellation because we lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that petitioners failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B); Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 979 (9th Cir.2009). Petitioners’ contentions that the Board failed to meaningfully review and analyze the issues raised on appeal do not raise a colorable due process claim. Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005).

Petitioners contend they were denied due process because they were denied a chance to submit a brief in support of their appeal to the Board. We are…