U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005

Arciniega v. Gonzales

Arciniega v. Gonzales
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 4, 2005
141 F. App'x 612

Arciniega v. Gonzales

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM**

Franqui Bernal Arciniega, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review whether Arciniega has demonstrated the requisite “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 890 (9th Cir. 2003).

Arciniega’s contention that his due process rights were violated when the IJ relied on incorrect information in assessing the hardship to his legal permanent resident father is not supported by the record and therefore does not raise a colorable due process challenge. See Torres-Aguilar v. INS, 246 F.3d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir. 2001) (“To be colorable ... the claim must have some possible validity”) (internal quotations omitted); Ortiz v. INS, 179 F.3d 1148, 1153 (9th Cir. 1999) (“Due process challenges to deportation proceedings require a showing of prejudice to succeed.”).

The voluntary departure period was stayed, and that stay will expire upon issuance of the mandate. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741 (9th Cir. 2004).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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.

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