Godoy

Godoy v. Mukasey

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261 F. App'x 937
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2007No. 06-74736California210 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Victor Manuel Islas Godoy and his wife Georgina Martinez Medina seek review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) 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 de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, see Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review petitioners’ contentions regarding the IJ’s denial of petitioners’ motion for a continuance, the IJ’s impartiality, and the ineffective assistance of petitioners’ former counsel because petitioners failed to raise these issues before the BIA and thereby failed to exhaust their administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (explaining that this court lacks jurisdiction to review contentions not raised before the agency).

We are not persuaded that petitioners’ removal results in the deprivation of their children’s rights. See Cabrera-Alvarez v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 1006, 1012-13 (9th…

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