Vasquez-Olmedo

Vasquez-Olmedo v. Gonzales

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195 F. App'x 603
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 31, 2006No. 05-75338California277 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Guillermo Vasquez-Olmedo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his 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, Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 779 (9th Cir.2001), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Vasquez-Olmedo failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929 (9th Cir.2005).

Vasquez-Olmedo’s contention that the agency deprived him of due process by misapplying the law to the facts of his case does not state a colorable due process claim. See id. at 930 (“[tjraditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.”); see also Sanchez-Cruz, 255 F.3d at 779 (holding that the “misapplication of…

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