Duenas-Carrillo
Duenas-Carrillo v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Rafaela Duenas-Carrillo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s denial of her application for cancellation removal.
Duenas-Carrillo contends that the immigration judge denied her due process by failing to apply the proper legal standard in determining whether she was eligible for cancellation of removal under Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b).
We dismiss the petition for review because it is plain from the record and the opening brief that Duenas-Carrillo is merely cloaking in “due process” garb her challenge to the immigration judge’s discretionary determination that she failed to establish the requisite “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to a qualifying relative, a determination we lack jurisdiction to review. Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 891-92 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that an alien failed to satisfy the “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” requirement for cancellation of removal); Sanchez-Cruz…