Ruben Rodriguez-Nevarez v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

595 F. App'x 660

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: March 12, 2015
• Docket: 14-2652
• Status: Unpublished

Opinions

PER CURIAM.

Mexican citizen Ruben Rodriguez-Neva-rez petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s order (1) finding petitioner removable, due to his state conviction for a controlled substance violation, and (2) pretermitting his applications for cancellation of removal and discretionary waiver of inadmissibility, because of statutory ineligibility. Petitioner argues that the Board of Immigration Appeals committed legal error, and violated his due process rights, by pretermitting his applications for relief without reviewing his claim regarding the retroactivity of amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ submissions, we conclude that neither argument is sufficiently color-able to invoke our appellate jurisdiction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C), (D); Munoz-Yepez v. Gonzalez, 465 F.3d 347, 350-51 (8th Cir.2006); Arellano-Garcia v. Gonzales, 429 F.3d 1183, 1185 (8th Cir.2005). Petitioner does not challenge the Board’s decision in Matter of Abdelghany, 26 I & N Dec. 254 (2014), distinguishing INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289, 121 S.Ct. 2271, 150 L.Ed.2d 347 (2001). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition.