Jimenez

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Aguirre Jimenez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations, Torres-Aguilar v. INS, 246 F.3d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Because the notice to appear was served when suspension of deportation relief was no longer available, Aguirre Jimenez was properly placed in removal proceedings. See Jimenez-Angeles v. Ashcroft, 291 F.3d 594, 597 (9th Cir.2002). Moreover, Aguirre Jimenez’s contention that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act is impermissibly retroactive is without merit. See id. at 601-02 .

Aguirre Jimenez’s contention that the case must be remanded for the BIA to clarify the basis of its decision is unavailing. The IJ denied cancellation on the sole ground that Aguirre Jimenez failed to establish ten years of continuous physical presence. See Lanza v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 917, 932 (9th Cir.2004) (compelling remand with…