Hernandez-Beltran

Hernandez-Beltran v. Gonzales

Good Law
210 F. App'x 697
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 12, 2006No. 05-74835California221 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Ramiro Hernandez-Beltran, 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 both his motion to terminate proceedings and his application for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Hernandez-Beltran failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir.2005).

Hernandez-Beltran contends the IJ erred in refusing to terminate proceedings where the government used confidential information from his application under the Special Agricultural Worker’s (“SAW”) program to initiate removal proceedings against him. This argument is unavailing, given that Hernandez-Beltran affirmatively applied for asylum after his SAW application was denied, the most recent Notice to Appear (“NTA”) relied on information he provided in his asylum application, he admitted to all the allegations in the…

Sign in to read the full opinion

Create a free account to read the complete opinion text, citation history, and good-law status for this case.