Yanez-Cardenas

Yanez-Cardenas v. Holder

Good Law
342 F. App'x 292
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 30, 2009No. 08-70599California243 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alberto Yanez-Cardenas and Gregoria Cardenas-Conejo, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

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

Petitioners contend that they were denied due process because the transcript of their removal proceedings was incomplete. We agree with the BIA that petitioners’ contention is unavailing because they failed to demonstrate how a full transcript would have affected the outcome of the proceedings. See Colmenar, 210 F.3d at 971 (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).

Petitioners’ contention that the IJ erred by failing to…

Sign in to read the full opinion

Create a free account to read the complete opinion text, citation history, and good-law status for this case.