Garcia-Rodriguez

Garcia-Rodriguez v. Holder

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362 F. App'x 817
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 21, 2010No. 07-71643California253 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Garcia-Rodriguez and Guadalupe Medina-Merlos, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order sustaining the government’s appeal from an immigration judge’s decision granting petitioners cancellation of removal, and denying petitioners’ motion to remand. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo constitutional claims, Vasquez-Zava-la v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction over petitioners’ contention that the BIA failed to consider the cumulative impact of their hardship evidence because it is not supported by the record and does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir.2009).

The BIA acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence newly presented on appeal was insufficient to warrant a remand. See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002) (BIA’s…

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