Cruz

Cruz v. Mukasey

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261 F. App'x 952
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2007No. 06-72115California378 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Antonio Lorenzo Vidal Cruz and his wife Luisa Genis Beltran seek review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an 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 de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, see Ram v. INS, 248 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003); see also Ramirez-Alejandre v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 365, 382 (9th Cir.2003) (“Under BIA procedure, a motion to remand must meet all the requirements of a motion to reopen and the two are treated the same.”). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

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

Petitioners’ contention that the agency violated their due process rights by disregarding their evidence of hardship is…

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