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16-71815•JESUS TEJEDA CRUZ, AKA Jesus Cruz Tejeda v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General
16-71815Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAug 22, 2018
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JESUS TEJEDA CRUZ, AKA Jesus Cruz
Tejeda,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-71815
Agency No. A089-267-927
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 15, 2018**
Before: FARRIS, BYBEE, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Jesus Tejeda Cruz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s denial of voluntary departure and administrative closure. Our jurisdiction is
governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for
* 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).
FILED
AUG 22 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
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review.
Absent a colorable question of law or constitutional claim, we lack
jurisdiction to review the agency’s determination that Tejeda Cruz failed to merit
voluntary departure as a matter of discretion. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(f); Corro-
Barragan v. Holder, 718 F.3d 1174, 1177 (9th Cir. 2013) (the court’s jurisdiction
over challenges to the agency’s discretionary voluntary departure determination is
limited to constitutional claims or questions of law).
Tejeda Cruz establishes no error in the agency’s denial of administrative
closure.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
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