Espinoza
Espinoza v. Holder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
In No. 06-74247, Barbara Hernandez Espinoza, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for cancellation of removal, and denying her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. In No. 07-70073, Hernandez Espinoza petitions for review of the BIA’s order denying her motion to reconsider. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and claims of due process violations, including those due to ineffective assistance of counsel, and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reopen and reconsider. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review in No. 06-74247, and we deny the petition for review in No. 07-70073.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Hernandez Espinoza failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Mar *844 tinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005). Hernandez Espinoza’s contention that the agency legally…