Salazar-Manzano

Salazar-Manzano v. Gonzales

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229 F. App'x 578
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 25, 2007Nos. 05-74793, 06-71277California322 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Humberto Salazar-Manzano, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ *579 (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for cancellation of removal, and the BIA’s order denying his motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, see Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review in No. 05-74793, and deny the petition for review in No. 06-71277.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that SalazarManzano failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003). SalazarManzano’s contentions that the IJ’s order violated his constitutional guarantees under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses are…

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