Perez

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming an Immigration Judge’s order denying petitioners’ application for cancellation of removal.

We have reviewed the response to the court’s October 1, 2007 order to show cause, and we conclude that petitioners Juan Manuel Perez and Candelería Avendano have failed to raise a colorable constitutional or legal claim to invoke our jurisdiction over this petition for review. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926 (9th Cir.2005); Torres-Aguilar v. INS, 246 F.3d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, the court dismisses this petition for review as to Juan Manuel Perez and Candelería Avendano for lack of jurisdiction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B)(i); Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003); Montero-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 277 F.3d 1137, 1144 (9th Cir.2002).

A review of the response to the court’s October 1, 2007 order to show cause and the administrative record also demonstrates that petitioner Oscar Perez presented at the time of his merits hearing no evidence that he had a qualifying relative for purposes of cancellation of removal as defined in…