Alferez-Gonzales
Alferez-Gonzales v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*613 MEMORANDUM **
In these consolidated petitions, Manuel Alferez-Gonzales, 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 decision denying his application for cancellation of removal (05-71410) and the BIA’s order denying his motion to reconsider (05-75424). 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. See Castillo-Perez v. INS, 212 F.3d 518, 522 (9th Cir.2000). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petitions for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Alferez-Gonzales failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir.2005).
Alferez-Gonzales contends that he was denied due process during his immigration hearing due to the ineffective assistance of his former counsel. We reject this claim because, as the BIA noted, Alferez-Gonzales failed to comply with the requirements of Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), and the alleged…