Valle-Jaimes v. Ashcroft

MEMORANDUM **

The IJ correctly ruled that Valle-Jaimes did not qualify for cancellation of removal. The insults, berating, and verbal harassment Valle-Jaimes endured from his wife did not subject him to the “extreme cruelty” required for cancellation under former 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2)(A), as it was a manifestation, not of domestic violence, but of a mere dysfunctional, stormy relationship. 8 C.F.R. § 204.2(c)(l)(vi); see also Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 345 F.3d 824, 836, 837 (9th Cir.2003). And since analysis of the BIA’s decision to streamline Valle-Jaimes’s appeal is “indistinguishable from the merits” of his appeal, Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 855 (9th Cir. 2003), his challenge to streamlining also fails.

Petition DENIED.

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