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

Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder

Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 24, 2010 · Schroeder, Pregerson, Rawlinson
371 F. App'x 841

Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Martha Gabriela Hernandez-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order, on remand from this Court, denying her motion to reconsider and affirming its dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for adjustment of status. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of *842 law and constitutional claims. Montes-Lopez v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 1163, 1165 (9th Cir. 2007). We grant in part, dismiss in part, deny in part, and remand the petition for review.

The BIA failed to address Hernandez-Gonzalez’s contention, raised in her appeal brief to the BIA, that the IJ violated due process by not allowing her to submit a written response to the government’s untimely filed motion to pretermit and additional charge of removability. We remand for the BIA consider this claim in the first instance. Id.

The BIA properly concluded that Hernandez-Gonzalez waived her application for cancellation of removal where she failed to file it within the time limit set by the IJ. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.31(c)(authorizing the IJ to set filing deadlines and to deem waived any application not filed by the deadline).

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary denial of Hernandez-Gonzalez’s application for adjustment of status. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); Hosseini v. Gonzales, 471 F.3d 953, 956-57 (9th Cir. 2006). We also lack jurisdiction to review her challenge to the agency’s denial of her application for voluntary departure because she failed to exhaust this issue before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).

Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED in part; DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part; REMANDED.

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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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