Sanchez Garcia v. Bondi

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: October 14, 2025
• Docket: 23-1246
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 14 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ISAIAS FRANCISCO SANCHEZ No. 23-1246 GARCIA, Agency No. A200-391-812 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 9, 2025** Las Vegas, Nevada

Before: BENNETT, SANCHEZ, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Isaias Francisco Sanchez Garcia is a native and citizen of Mexico. He

petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)

dismissing his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications

for cancellation of removal and special rule cancellation of removal. We have

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “Where, as here, the BIA cites [Matter of

Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872, 874 (BIA 1994)] and also provides its own review

of the evidence and law, we review both the IJ’s and the BIA’s decisions.” Smith v.

Garland, 103 F.4th 663, 666 (9th Cir. 2024) (quoting Ali v. Holder, 637 F.3d 1025,

1028 (9th Cir. 2011)). We deny the petition.

1. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Sanchez

Garcia’s removal would not have resulted in exceptional and extremely unusual

hardship to his minor son under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D).1 The agency properly

considered his minor son’s age, health, and circumstances. See Gonzalez-Juarez,

137 F.4th at 1006 (citing In re Monreal-Aguinaga, 23 I. & N. Dec. 56, 65 (BIA

2001)). Although Sanchez Garcia argues that the agency disregarded various

pieces of evidence, the agency need not “individually identify and discuss every

piece of evidence in the record.” Id. at 1008 (quoting Hernandez v. Garland, 52

F.4th 757, 770 (9th Cir. 2022)).2 The record is clear that the agency “discussed all

evidence that was highly probative or potentially dispositive.” Id.

1 Contrary to Sanchez Garcia’s assertion that we should apply de novo review, the agency’s hardship determination is a mixed question of law and fact that we review for substantial evidence. Gonzalez-Juarez v. Bondi, 137 F.4th 996, 1003 (9th Cir. 2025). 2 To the extent that Sanchez Garcia disputes the IJ’s underlying factual findings, we lack jurisdiction to review those findings. See Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U.S. 209, 225 (2024).

2 23-1246 2. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Sanchez

Garcia was not subjected to extreme cruelty by his ex-wife under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1229b(b)(2)(A)(i)(I). See Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 345 F.3d 824, 832 (9th Cir.

2003). Taken together, his ex-wife’s actions do not constitute the type of extreme

emotional abuse or manipulative control tactics that would compel a finding of

extreme cruelty. See id. at 840 (distinguishing the “extreme concept of domestic

violence” from “mere unkindness”). Although his ex-wife insulted and humiliated

him about his immigration status, not “every insult or unhealthy interaction in a

relationship . . . rise[s] to the level of domestic violence.” Id.

PETITION DENIED.3

3 The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

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