STREAMLINE
ORDERS . REMAND . Voluntary Departure . MEXICO . Can't
Change . Streamline order must affirm IJ's
opinion in totality; BIA shortened voluntary departure
in error and case is remanded to reinstate the 60-day
period. [Gutierrez-Maldonado,
CA9 October 4, 2010, unpublished]
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GUTIERREZ-MALDONADO
v. GONZALES, 03-74173 (9th Cir. 10-4-2010)
RAMON
GUTIERREZ-MALDONADO; MARCIA THERESA CASTELAN-LIRA, Petitioners,
v.
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Nos.
03-74173, 04-71896.
United
States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted
September 13, 2010.[fn**]
October
4, 2010.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated
by the issuing court.]
[fn**]
The panel unanimously concludes this case is
suitable for decision without oral argument. See
Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
MEMORANDUM[fn*]
[fn*]
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and
is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of
Immigration Appeals Agency Nos. A077-065-056 A077-065-043.
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit
Judges.
In these consolidated petitions for review, Ramon Gutierrez-Maldonado
and Marcia Theresa Castelan-Lira, natives and citizens
of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration
Appeals' ("BIA") orders summarily affirming
an Page 2 immigration judge's
("IJ") decision denying Gutierrez-Maldonado's
application for cancellation of removal, and denying petitioners'
motion to reopen. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial
of a motion to reopen and de novo questions of law. Hernandez
v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1014, 1017 (9th Cir. 2008). We dismiss
in part, deny in part, and grant in part the petition
for review in No. 03-74173, and we deny the petition for
review in No. 04-71896.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary
determination that Gutierrez-Maldonado failed to show
exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying
relative. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887,
892 (9th Cir. 2003).
To the extent Gutierrez-Maldonado contends that the agency
violated his due process rights by disregarding his evidence
of
hardship, this contention is not supported by the record
and
does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See
Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.
2005) ("[T]raditional abuse of discretion challenges
recast as
alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable
constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.").
The IJ granted petitioners voluntary departure for a 60-day
period and the BIA streamlined and reduced the voluntary
departure period to 30 days. In Page 3
Padilla-Padilla v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 972, 981 (9th Cir.
2006), we held "that because the BIA issued a streamlined
order, it was required to affirm the entirety of the IJ's
decision, including the length of the voluntary departure
period." We therefore remand for the BIA to reinstate
the 60-day voluntary departure period.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioners'
motion to reopen because the BIA considered the evidence
submitted and acted within its broad discretion in determining
that the evidence was insufficient to warrant reopening.
See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 2002)
(The BIA's denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed
if it
is "arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law.").
Petitioners' remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
IN No. 03-74173: PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part;
DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; and REMANDED. Each party
shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
IN No. 04-71896: PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.