Melendez

Melendez v. Gonzales

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195 F. App'x 622
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 1, 2006No. 05-72277California273 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alejandro Hernandez Melendez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We dismiss the petition for review.

The evidence Hernandez Melendez presented with his motion to reopen concerned the same basic hardship grounds as his application for cancellation of removal. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 602-03 (9th Cir.2006). We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that the evidence Hernandez Melendez submitted with his motion to reopen would not alter its prior discretionary determination that he failed to establish the requisite hardship. See id. at 600 (holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B)(i) bars this court from reviewing the denial of a motion to reopen where “the only question presented is whether [the] new evidence altered the prior, underlying discretionary determination that [the petitioner] had not met the hardship standard.”) (Internal quotations and brackets omitted).

Hernandez Melendez’s contention that the agency deprived him of due process by misapplying the law to the facts of his case does not state a…

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