Origel-Haro

Origel-Haro v. Gonzales

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224 F. App'x 652
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 13, 2007No. 05-77160California219 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Margarito Origel-Haro, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) denial of his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition.

We lack jurisdiction because Origel-Haro failed to exhaust the issue of his removability under INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i), based on a conviction for a crime of child abuse or child neglect, before the BIA. Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004). While he did pursue the issue of whether his conviction was a crime of violence, such that it was an aggravated felony under INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(iii), the BIA found that Origel-Haro had not challenged the removability finding under § 237(a)(2)(E)(i). Assuming that Origel-Haro’s appeal included the question whether his conviction was a “crime of domestic violence,” under § 237(a)(2)(E)(i), it did not include the other crimes that section makes grounds for removal — a crime of child abuse or child neglect. For this reason the BIA remanded for Origel-Haro to seek relief from removal. On remand, the IJ denied Origel-Haro’s petition for cancellation and ordered him…

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