Arriaga-Brito

Arriaga-Brito v. Gonzales

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221 F. App'x 559
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 23, 2007No. 05-73871California363 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Julio Cesar Arriaga-Brito and Maria Zoraida Zamora-Guizar, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for cancellation of removal. 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 Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 779 (9th Cir.2001). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

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

We also lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s December 28, 2005 order denying the petitioners’ motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel because the petition for review is not timely as to that order. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1258 (9th Cir.1996).

To the extent the petitioners contend the BIA violated their due process rights when it denied their motion to accept an untimely…

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