Rodriguez

MEMORANDUM **

The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The Clerk shall amend the docket to reflect this status.

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming without opinion an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying petitioners’ application for cancellation of removal.

A review of the administrative record demonstrates that petitioners Flora De Maria Vasquez Peralta and Elisa Guadalupe Benitez Vasquez have presented no evidence that they have a qualifying relative for purposes of cancellation of removal as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D). See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093-94 (9th Cir.2002). The IJ therefore correctly concluded that, as a matter of *590 law, petitioners Flora De Maria Vasquez Peralta and Elisa Guadalupe Benitez Vasquez were ineligible for cancellation of removal. Accordingly, the petition for review is denied as to petitioners Flora De Maria Vasquez Peralta and Elisa Guadalupe Benitez Vasquez because the questions raised by this petition for review with respect to these petitioners are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th…