Jose Cruz Maldonado; v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE CRUZ MALDONADO; et al.,
Petitioners,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-74095
Agency Nos. A099-456-718
A099-456-719
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 25, 2010**
San Francisco, California
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Jose Cruz Maldonado and Maribel Mendoza-Perez, natives and citizens of
Mexico, petition pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration
Appeals summarily affirming the immigration judge’s denial of their application
FILED
JUN 03 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

-- 1 of 2 --

08-74095 2
for cancellation of removal relief based on their failure to establish the requisite
hardship to their United States citizen children.
Petitioners contend that the agency erred in denying their cancellation
application because their United States citizen children will experience hardship if
they were to move to Mexico with their parents. We lack jurisdiction to review
the IJ’s discretionary hardship determination. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552
F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir. 2009); see also Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887,
891 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

-- 2 of 2 --