Arcos-Santiago

Arcos-Santiago v. Holder

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331 F. App'x 538
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 17, 2009No. 06-73791California247 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Oscar Arcos-Santiago, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, Iturr ibarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Ar-cos-Santiago 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).

Arcos-Santiago’s contention that the agency failed to cumulatively weigh all the hardship evidence is not supported by the record and does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See id. (“traditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims…

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