Huitzil Temozihui v. Gonzales
Huitzil Temozihui v. Gonzales
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Juan Agustín Huitzil Temozihui and Juana Xicale Xicale, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of their motion to reconsider the BIA’s summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s order denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review legal questions and constitutional issues de novo. See Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review in part, and dismiss it in part.
Petitioners contend that requiring them to prove exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative for cancellation of removal, while exempting NACARA-eligible aliens from this requirement, violates them right to equal protection under the law. This contention is
To the extent petitioners contend that the agency erred in finding that they have not demonstrated the requisite “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship,” we are without jurisdiction to review this discretionary determination. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 891 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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