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Arcos-Santiago v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Aug 17, 2009
331 F. App'x 538 (9th Cir. 2009)

Opinion

No. 06-73791.

Submitted August 11, 2009.

The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed August 17, 2009.

Juan A. Laguna, Law Offices of Juan A. Laguna, Santa Ana, CA, for Petitioner.

CAC-District, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Jason X. Hamilton, M. Jocelyn Wright, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A077-336-296.

Before KLEINFELD, M. SMITH, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Oscar Arcos-Santiago, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir. 2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary determination that Arcos-Santiago failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005).

Arcos-Santiago's contention that the agency failed to cumulatively weigh all the hardship evidence is not supported by the record and does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See id. ("traditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction").

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to remand. See Malhi 336 F.3d at 994. Here, Arcos-Santiago did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for adjustment of status.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.


Summaries of

Arcos-Santiago v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Aug 17, 2009
331 F. App'x 538 (9th Cir. 2009)
Case details for

Arcos-Santiago v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:Oscar ARCOS-SANTIAGO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Aug 17, 2009

Citations

331 F. App'x 538 (9th Cir. 2009)