Jose Alberto Coreas-Guillen v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Jose Alberto Coreas-Guillen, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal and request for a waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (h). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and review for substantial evidence factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary decision to deny Coreas-Guillen’s request for a 212(h) waiver. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B); Mejia v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 991, 999 (9th Cir.2007). Coreas-Guillen’s contentions that the BIA ignored its own precedent and applied an incorrect legal standard are not supported by the record and do not amount to color-able legal or constitutional claims over which we have jurisdiction. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 979-80 (9th Cir.2009).