Munguia

Munguia v. Holder

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324 F. App'x 674
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 29, 2009No. 07-73324California238 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Anita Munguia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her motion to reconsider and to reopen the underlying denial of her application for cancellation of removal based on her failure to establish the requisite extreme hardship to her qualifying longtime permanent resident parents.

Petitioner contends that she offered new evidence of hardship, and the BIA erred in denying her motion to reopen based on its finding that her parents would not suffer hardship upon her removal. Petitioner also contends that the BIA and immigration judge erred in finding that she failed to establish the requisite ten years continuous presence in the United States.

The evidence of hardship to petitioner’s qualifying relatives that petitioner presented with her motion to reopen concerned the same basic hardship ground as her initial application for cancellation of removal. We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that the evidence was insufficient to establish a prima facie case of hardship. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 601-03 (9th Cir.2006). Furthermore, neither the BIA…

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