Chavez-Santiago v. Mukasey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Chavez-Santiago v. Mukasey, 261 F. App'x 950 (9th Cir. 2007)
Goodwin, Hawkins, Wallace

Chavez-Santiago v. Mukasey

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

Virginio Chavez-Santiago seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s discretionary determination that Chavez-Santiago failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir. 2003). We do not consider Chavez-Santiago’s contention regarding his criminal convictions, because his failure to establish hardship is dispositive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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

Reference

Full Case Name
Virginio CHAVEZ-SANTIAGO v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General
Status
Published