Aguilar

Aguilar v. Holder

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357 F. App'x 921
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 2009No. 07-70234California486 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pablo Ricardo Casia Aguilar, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (“NA-CARA”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo the agency’s legal determinations, see Wakka-ry v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), we review for substantial evidence factual findings, see id., and we review de novo due process claims, see Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir.2006). We deny the petition for review.

Contrary to Casia Aguilar’s contention, the BIA considered his arguments on appeal regarding whether he demonstrated the requisite hardship with respect to cancellation of removal, and the BIA properly declined to reach Casia Aguilar’s remaining arguments pertaining to cancellation of removal because the hardship issue was dispositive. Casia Aguilar’s contention that the BIA…

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