Bello-Rodrigues

Bello-Rodrigues v. Holder

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350 F. App'x 105
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 30, 2009No. 07-72558California328 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Rene Bello-Rodrigues, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) orders dismissing his motion to remand and his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) 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, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Bello-Rodrigues 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).

Bello-Rodrigues’ contention that the IJ violated due process by failing to include hardship to his daughter Stacey is not persuasive. Moreover, he has not established prejudice from the alleged violation. Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on…

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