Rosales

Rosales v. Mukasey

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259 F. App'x 38
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 10, 2007No. 06-70792California350 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Marvin Enrique Aguilar Rosales, a native and citizen of Guatemala, and his wife, Novia Elizeth Aguilar, a native and citizen of Honduras, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to remand based on ineffective assistance of counsel, and dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture, and cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Guzman v. INS, 318 F.3d 911 , 912 n. 1 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam), and review de novo claims of ineffective assistance, Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 595 (9th Cir.2004). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Petitioners faded to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003).

Petitioners’ contention that the agency violated their due process rights…

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