Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. Bondi

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 8 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GABRIEL GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, No. 24-1681 Agency No. Petitioner, A206-237-016 v. MEMORANDUM* PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted April 22, 2025 Moscow, Idaho

Before: TALLMAN, N.R. SMITH, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Gabriel Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal

from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for cancellation of

removal because Gonzalez-Gonzalez failed to show that his removal would result in

“exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to a qualifying relative. 8 U.S.C.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. § 1229b(b)(1)(D). We exercise a “deferential standard of review” to mixed questions

of law and fact, including the agency’s “exceptional and extremely unusual

hardship” determination.1 Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U.S. 209, 221–22, 225 (2024).

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.

The record supports the BIA’s determination that the hardship to Gonzalez-

Gonzalez’s qualifying sons would not rise to the level of “exceptional and extremely

unusual” because it would not be “substantially different from or beyond that which

would ordinarily be expected” from a parent’s removal from the United States. Id.

at 215. The BIA found that, while Gonalez-Gonzalez’s removal would cause

financial and emotional hardship, his wife and adult children could collectively

financially support the qualifying sons such that they would not have to drop out of

high school to work full time. The BIA did not err in determining that those facts do

not satisfy the standard for relief under § 1229b(b)(1)(D). See id. at 225 (“Only the

question whether those established facts satisfy the statutory eligibility standard is

subject to judicial review.”).

PETITION DENIED.

1 Under any standard of review (de novo, abuse of discretion, or substantial evidence), the record supports the BIA’s conclusion. See Wilkinson, 601 U.S. at 221–22.

2 24-1681