Perez-Martinez

MEMORANDUM **

Hermenegildo Perez-Martinez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his motion to reopen to reapply for suspension of deportation. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review interpretations of settlement agreements de novo. Sotelo v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 968, 970 (9th Cir.2005). Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Perez-Martinez’s motion to reopen because Perez-Martinez was not eligible for class membership under the settlement agreement in Barahonar-Gomez v. Ashcroft, 243 F.Supp.2d 1029, 1031 (N.D.Cal.2002) (defining the class as persons who, inter alia, “were served an Order to Show Cause within seven years after entering the United States”).

We lack jurisdiction to review Perez-Martinez’s contentions regarding relief under the Convention Against Torture, new evidence of hardship, and repapering, because he failed to raise those issues before the BIA and thereby failed to exhaust his…