Gonzalez

Gonzalez v. Gonzales

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229 F. App'x 589
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 25, 2007No. 05-72342California305 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jesus Gonzalez and his wife Patricia Gonzalez Chavez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order upholding the Immigration Judge’s order denying their applications for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of a motion to remand for abuse of discretion. Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that the Petitioners 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).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the Petitioners’ motion to remand because they failed to demonstrate that the evidence submitted concerning their daughter’s Individualized Education Program was previously unavailable, or that the recent birth of their son Daniel materi *590 ally affected their hardship claim. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(1) (providing that a motion to reopen “shall not be granted unless it appears…

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