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Acosta-Ariega v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 5, 2010
361 F. App'x 766 (9th Cir. 2010)

Opinion

No. 06-71658.

Submitted December 15, 2009.

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed January 5, 2010.

Marshall G. Whitehead, Esq., The Abacus Tower, Monika Sud-Devaraj, Law Offices of Marshall G. Whitehead, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioners.

Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of the District Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Home-land Security, Phoenix, AZ, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A095-118-887, A079-653-105.

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

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

Cristobal Acosta-Ariega and Maria Zepeda-Zaragoza, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary determination that petitioners failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005).

Petitioners' contention that the agency deprived them of due process by misapplying the law to the facts of their case does not state a colorable due process claim. See id. ("[t]raditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction."); see also Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 779 (9th Cir. 2001) (holding that the "misapplication of case law" may not be reviewed).

Petitioners' remaining contention is unavailing.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.


Summaries of

Acosta-Ariega v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 5, 2010
361 F. App'x 766 (9th Cir. 2010)
Case details for

Acosta-Ariega v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:Cristobal ACOSTA-ARIEGA; Maria Zepeda-Zaragoza, Petitioners, v. Eric H…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jan 5, 2010

Citations

361 F. App'x 766 (9th Cir. 2010)