Krasniqi

Krasniqi v. Gonzales

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220 F. App'x 459
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 25, 2007Nos. 05-74284, 06-70979California1,164 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions, Beqir Krasniqi, a native of the former Yugoslavia and citizen of the Kosovo region of Serbia-Montenegro, petitions pro se for review of the affirmance by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (NACARA), Pub.L. No. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2160, as amended by Pub.L. No. 105-139, 11 Stat. 2644. Krasniqi also petitions for review of the BIA’s affirmance of the I J’s denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1) and we dismiss the petitions in part and deny the petitions in part.

A. Cancellation of Removal

The IJ determined that Krasniqi had not demonstrated extreme hardship and was, therefore, ineligible for cancellation of removal under NACARA. “Extreme hardship” is a discretionary determination which we lack jurisdiction to review. Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1152 (9th Cir.1997). Thus we dismiss the petition in so…

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