Zendejas-Gonzalez

MEMORANDUM ***

Petitioner Jose Ramon Zendejas-Gonzalez appeals the final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Because the facts are known to the parties, we do not recite them here. We deny the petition.

I. Issues Relating to the Immigration Judge’s Good Moral Character Determination

Petitioner contends that a series of errors led to the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) conclusion that Petitioner lacked good moral character. 1 However, the BIA declined to adopted this portion of the IJ’s decision, instead adopting and supplementing the IJ’s determination that Petitioner failed to show that he would suffer extreme hardship. We review the BIA’s decision rather than the IJ’s, except to the extent that the BIA expressly adopts the IJ’s ruling. 2 * Therefore, to the extent that Petitioner seeks our review of the IJ’s determination that he lacked good moral character, his claim fails.

II. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim

Petitioner argues that the BIA inappropriately refused to consider his ineffective assistance of counsel claim based upon a misinterpretation of the procedural requirements of Matter of Lozada. 3 However, even if Petitioner…