Acevedo

Acevedo v. Gonzales

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171 F. App'x 146
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 15, 2006No. 03-74216California272 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Jorge Acevedo-Gonzalez (“Acevedo”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) streamlined affirmance of his final order of removal. After conceding removability, Acevedo filed an application for cancellation of removal. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied his application, finding him ineligible because of a prior domestic violence conviction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(E)(i) (an alien who has been convicted of a “crime of domestic violence” is deportable); 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(C) (an admitted alien is not eligible for cancellation of removal if that alien has been convicted of an offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)). Alternatively, the IJ concluded that even if Acevedo was eligible for this form of relief, he had failed to show the requisite exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D). The BIA summarily affirmed.

We have jurisdiction to review whether Acevedo is eligible for cancellation of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), (a)(2)(D); however, we do not have jurisdiction to review the IJ’s discretionary judgment that Acevedo failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See…

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