Cardenas

Cardenas v. Gonzales

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194 F. App'x 417
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 28, 2006No. 05-70635California240 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Margarita Gonzales Cardenas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings. See Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 779 (9th Cir. 2001). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

Petitioner contends that the IJ violated due process by precluding evidence from an expert witness. Contrary to her contention, the proceedings were not “so fundamentally unfair that [she] was prevented from reasonably presenting [her] case.” Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (citation omitted). Moreover, petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice. See id. (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).

We lack jurisdiction to review petitioner’s contentions that the IJ imposed an improper court rule and prejudged the expert witness because she failed to raise these contentions before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d…

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