Lopez-Castrejon v. Mukasey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Lopez-Castrejon v. Mukasey, 262 F. App'x 759 (9th Cir. 2007)
Goodwin, Hawkins, Wallace

Lopez-Castrejon v. Mukasey

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

Jose Luis Lopez-Castrejon and his wife Maria Silvia Carrillo Santoyo seek review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that petitioners 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).

To the extent petitioners contend the IJ violated their due process rights by disregarding their evidence of hardship, this contention is not supported by the record and does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005) (“[Traditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.”).

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
Jose Luis LOPEZ-CASTREJON Maria Silvia Carrillo Santoyo v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General
Status
Published