Hernandez-Lopez

Hernandez-Lopez v. Holder

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320 F. App'x 750
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 31, 2009No. 06-75018California282 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lead petitioner Jose Alvaro Hernandez-Lopez and his daughter, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing them appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order and denying their motion to remand. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Petitioners failed to demonstrate that the IJ did not properly consider their evidence of hardship. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that petitioners failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005).

Petitioners’ equal protection challenge is unavailing.

The evidence petitioners presented with their appeal concerned the same basic hardship grounds as were previously considered by the agency. See Fernandez v. Gonzales,…

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