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Romero v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jun 10, 2010
383 F. App'x 619 (9th Cir. 2010)

Opinion

Nos. 07-73413, 08-72875.

Submitted May 25, 2010.

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

Filed June 10, 2010.

Raul Ray, Esquire, The Law Offices of Raul Ray, San Jose, CA, for Petitioner.

Robert Markle, OIL, John Clifford Cunningham, I, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Jane Tracey Schaffner, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A075-735-270, A075-735-271.

Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

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

In these consolidated petitions for review, Clemente Flores Romero and Maria de Jesus Gutierrez Flores, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") orders dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal, and denying their motion to reopen and reconsider. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000), and for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir. 2002). In No. 07-73413, we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. In No. 08-72875, we deny 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 Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005).

Petitioners contend the IJ violated due process by not permitting their qualifying relatives to testify. Contrary to petitioners' contention, the proceedings were not "so fundamentally unfair that [they were] prevented from reasonably presenting [their] case." See Colmenar, 210 F.3d at 971 (citation omitted).

Petitioners' contentions that the agency violated their due process rights by disregarding their evidence of hardship and by not considering the evidence in the aggregate are not supported by the record and do not amount to colorable constitutional claims. See Martinez-Rosas, 424 F.3d at 930.

The BIA correctly construed petitioners' January 25, 2008, motion as a motion to reopen and reconsider. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 792-93 (9th Cir. 2005) (BIA should construe the motion based on its underlying purposes).

Petitioners have waived any challenge to the BIA's conclusion that the motion to reopen was time and number barred by 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7). See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996).

The BIA acted within its discretion in denying the motion to reconsider because the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA's prior decision denying petitioners' first motion to reopen. 'See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1); Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1180 n. 2 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc).

Petitioners' remaining contentions are unavailing.

No. 07-73413: PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part. No. 08-72875: PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Romero v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jun 10, 2010
383 F. App'x 619 (9th Cir. 2010)
Case details for

Romero v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:Clemente Flores ROMERO; Maria De Jesus Gutierrez Flores, Petitioners, v…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jun 10, 2010

Citations

383 F. App'x 619 (9th Cir. 2010)