Rodriguez Heredia v. Ashcroft

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Heredia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se 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. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo both legal determinations regarding an alien’s eligibility for cancellation of removal, Montero-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 277 F.3d 1137, 1145 (9th Cir.2002), and constitutional claims, Torres-Aguilar v. INS, 246 F.3d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.

Contrary to Rodriguez Heredia’s contention, the IJ properly denied his application for cancellation of removal because he did not have a qualifying relative for whom his removal would cause exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)D; Montero-Martinez, 277 F.3d at 1145 .

Rodriguez Heredia’s contention that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is unconstitutional because it holds some petitioners to a higher standard than others who fall under the purview of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act…