Inzunza-Inzunza
Inzunza-Inzunza v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Gildardo Inzunza-Inzunza, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary dismissal under 8 C.F.R. § 3.1 (d)(2)® of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law. Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2003). We dismiss the petition in part and deny it in part.
The IJ denied Inzunza-Inzunza’s application for cancellation of removal because Inzunza-Inzunza did not have a qualifying relative under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D). Because Inzunza-Inzunza failed to challenge this finding before the BIA, we lack jurisdiction to consider it on appeal. See Cortez-Acosta v. INS, 234 F.3d 476, 480 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam).
Inzunza-Inzunza’s contention that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act violate equal protection is foreclosed by Hernandez-Mezquita v. Ashcroft, 293 F.3d 1161, 1163-65 (9th Cir.2002), which held that in order to demonstrate an equal protection violation,…