Jose Vargas v. Eric H. Holder Jr

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 19 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOSE MANUEL VARGAS; et al., No. 08-71414 Petitioners, Agency Nos. A095-306-062 A095-306-063 ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, A078-112-672 Respondent. MEMORANDUM * On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted June 29, 2010 ** Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. Jose Manuel Vargas and his family, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their applications for cancellation of removal and denying their motion to remand. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. * 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). We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that petitioners failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005). Petitioners’ contentions that the agency applied an incorrect hardship standard and failed to consider relevant hardship factors are not supported by the record and do not amount to colorable claims over which we have jurisdiction. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir. 2009). In their opening brief, petitioners fail to address, and therefore have waived any challenge to, the BIA’s denial of their motion to remand. See Martinez- Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996). PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED, in part; DENIED, in part. 2 08-71414