RIGOBERTO CRUZ-AZPETIA, AKA Rigoberto Azpetia-Cruz v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RIGOBERTO CRUZ-AZPETIA, AKA
Rigoberto Azpetia-Cruz,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 15-71162
Agency No. A200-199-152
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 14, 2016**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Rigoberto Cruz-Azpetia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for cancellation of removal.
Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. §1252. We review de novo constitutional
FILED
DEC 23 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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claims and questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th
Cir. 2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that
Cruz-Azpetia failed to show the requisite exceptional and extremely unusual
hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926,
930 (9th Cir. 2005).
Cruz-Azpetia’s contentions that the BIA violated due process or erred by
allegedly failing to properly apply the correct legal standard in its hardship
analysis, neglecting relevant precedent, or ignoring arguments are not supported by
the record. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010) (BIA need
not “write an exegesis on every contention” (citation and quotation marks
omitted)); Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir. 2009)
(concluding that the BIA applies the correct legal standard where it expressly cites
and applies relevant case law in rendering its decision); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d
1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on due process
claim).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Cruz-Azpetia’s remaining
contentions regarding good moral character. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1);
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Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004) (the court need not reach a
contention when another dispositive determination has been made).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
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