Flores

Flores v. Gonzales

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196 F. App'x 549
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 3, 2006No. 05-72775California322 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Haydee Rete Flores, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings and reconsider its previous 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 for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that the evidence Flores submitted with her motion to reopen would not alter its prior discretionary determination that she failed to establish the requisite hardship. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 600 (9th Cir.2006) (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 omitted).

*550 The BIA was within its discretion…

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