Briones

Briones v. Ashcroft

Good Law
111 F. App'x 518
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 25, 2004No. 02-71498; Agency No. A74-425-814California223 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Marcos Reyna Briones, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for cancellation of removal. The IJ concluded that Reyna Briones failed to establish the requisite exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a family member. We dismiss the petition for review.

Petitioner contends that the IJ erred in determining that he failed to establish ten years of continuous physical presence before his removal case began. We need not consider whether petitioner established the requisite continuous residence element of cancellation of removal, because his failure to establish the requisite hardship element is dispositive. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229 (b)(1); Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 889 (9th Cir.2003). We lack jurisdiction to review whether Reyna Briones demonstrated the requisite “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” for cancellation of removal. See id. at 892 .

Pursuant to Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741 (9th Cir.2004), petitioner’s motion for stay of removal included a timely request for stay of his voluntary…

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