Andrade

Andrade v. Mukasey

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262 F. App'x 63
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2007No. 06-73457California255 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Irma Gutierrez Andrade seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to remand proceedings to the immigration judge to consider additional evidence. We dismiss the petition for review.

The evidence Gutierrez Andrade presented with her motion to remand concerned the same basic hardship grounds as her application for cancellation of removal. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 602-03 (9th Cir.2006). We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that the evidence was insufficient to establish a prima facie case of hardship. See id. at 601 (holding that if “the BIA determines that a motion to reopen proceedings in which there has already been an unreviewable discretionary determination concerning a statutory prerequisite to relief does not make out a prima facie case for that relief,” 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B)(i) bars this court from revisiting the merits); 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.”).

Our conclusion that we lack…

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