Solano

Solano v. Gonzales

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197 F. App'x 544
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 3, 2006No. 05-72115California291 words

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*545 MEMORANDUM **

Gwendoline Paz Solano, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motions to reopen removal proceedings and reconsider its order affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

The evidence Paz Solano presented with her motion to reopen concerned the same basic hardship grounds as her 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 would not alter its prior discretionary determination that she 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 oidy 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).

We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to…

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