MANUEL MATA RAMIREZ and YADIRA MATA PEREZ 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
MANUEL MATA RAMIREZ and
YADIRA MATA PEREZ,
Petitioners,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-73649
Agency Nos. A095-302-505
A095-302-506
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of Orders of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 14, 2010**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Manuel Mata Ramirez and Yadira Mata Perez, natives and citizens of
Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) order
dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their
application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.
FILED
JAN 06 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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§ 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889,
894 (9th Cir. 2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review petitioners’ ineffective assistance of counsel
claim because they failed to raise it before the BIA and thereby failed to exhaust
their administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.
2004) (explaining that this court lacks jurisdiction to review contentions not raised
before the agency).
The BIA did not err in summarily dismissing petitioner’s appeal where
petitioners did not meaningfully apprise the BIA of the reason underlying the
appeal. See Garcia-Cortez v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 749, 753 (9th Cir. 2004) (notice
of appeal satisfies specificity requirement if stated reasons show what aspects of
IJ’s decision were allegedly incorrect and why).
Petitioners’ remaining contentions are unavailing.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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