U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2008

Dastoum v. Mukasey

Dastoum v. Mukasey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided July 2, 2008 · Fletcher, Leavy, Reinhardt
284 F. App'x 459

Dastoum v. Mukasey

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Sayed-Esmaeli Dastoum, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo due process challenges to immigration decisions, see Padilla v. Ashcroft, 334 F.3d 921, 923 (9th Cir. 2003), and we deny the petition for review.

We conclude that Dastoum’s due process contention lacks merit, because the record does not show that the proceedings were “so fundamentally unfair that [he] was prevented from reasonably presenting his case.” See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000) (citation and internal quotations omitted).

We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s determination that Dastoum failed to establish extraordinary circumstances to excuse the late filing of his asylum application, because the underlying facts are disputed. Cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir. 2007) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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