Ramos v. Ashcroft

Full title: Teresa RAMOS; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Dec 18, 2003

84 F. App'x 831 (9th Cir. 2003)

Opinion

Submitted December 8, 2003. ^*

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

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A75-487-830, A75-487-831.

J. Jack Artz, Esq., South Pasadena, CA, for Petitioners.

Regional Counsel, Western Region, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Los Angeles District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Arthur L. Rabin, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM ^**

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Teresa Ramos and her daughter, Elsa Teresa Ramos-Gonzalez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their applications for cancellation of removal because they did not establish "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship." We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the discretionary determination that an alien failed to establish "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship." See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 890 (9th Cir.2003).

To the extent the Ramoses contend they were denied due process, we lack jurisdiction

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to consider the contention because the Ramoses did not identify a colorable constitutional violations. See Torres-Aguilar v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 246 F.3d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir.2001) (stating that a petitioner must specify exactly what due process right was violated to maintain a constitutional claim).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.