Sanchez

Sanchez v. Gonzales

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195 F. App'x 599
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 31, 2006No. 05-72405California223 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Husband and wife Cesar Juarez Sanchez and Maria Guadalupe Juarez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review for lack of jurisdiction.

We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s discretionary determination that petitioners failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005). Their contention that the IJ violated their due process rights by failing to consider all their evidence is not supported by the record and does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See id. (“[tjraditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.”).

We lack jurisdiction to review petitioners’ contention that the IJ was hostile or otherwise exhibited bias during their hearing because petitioners failed to raise this issue before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th…

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