Cortes v. Ashcroft

84 F. App'x 842

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: December 18, 2003
• Docket: No. 02-74088; Agency Nos. A75-477-368, A75-477-369
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Jose Mauricio Cortes and his wife Lilia Cortes-Barrranza, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of their motion to reopen to seek cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

The BIA denied petitioner’s motion to reopen both because it was untimely and because petitioners could not show “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship,” and thus could not show prima facie eligibility for cancellation of removal. We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial because it ultimately rests on the discretionary determination that petitioners failed to satisfy the “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” requirement. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 846 (9th Cir.2003); Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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