U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Alma Adelina Gutierrez Valle v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Alma Adelina Gutierrez Valle v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided January 11, 2010 · Goodwin, Wallace, Fisher
361 F. App'x 891

Alma Adelina Gutierrez Valle v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alma Adelina Gutierrez Valle and her daughter Kelly A. Carrillo Gutierrez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming the immigration judge’s denial of petitioners’ application for cancellation of removal.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Gutierrez Valle failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to her United States citizen son. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005). We also lack jurisdiction to review Gutierrez Valle’s claim that conditions have changed in Mexico due to increased drug violence and swine flu health concerns because petitioner failed to exhaust the issue before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004). Gutierrez Valle’s contention that her removal would violate the due process rights of her United States citizen son by resulting in the de facto removal of her son is foreclosed. See Urbano de Malaluan v. INS, 577 F.2d 589, 594 (9th Cir. 1978). Finally, we uphold the agency’s determination that Carrillo Gutierrez lacked a qualifying relative, and was statutorily ineligible for cancellation relief. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED IN PART; DENIED IN PART.

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

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