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Manuel Alejandro ZUNIGA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-72343.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 9, 2014.
    
    Filed Dec. 15, 2014.
    Carolyn Chapman, Esquire, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
    Kristofer Ryan McDonald, Esquire, Trial, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Manuel Alejandro Zuniga, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo constitutional claims and questions of law. Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198 (9th Cir.2012). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Zuniga has not challenged the IJ’s dis-positive determination that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i) based on his conviction for an offense relating to a controlled substance, and under 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(2) (A) (i) (I) as an alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. Because he is removable on these two grounds, we need not reach his contentions regarding his third ground of removability.

We lack jurisdiction to review Zuniga’s challenge to the IJ’s discretionary denial of cancellation of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i), and he has not set forth a colorable constitutional claim or question of law over which we could otherwise exercise jurisdiction, see Vilchez, 682 F.3d at 1201 (exercising jurisdiction over due process issue, but holding no jurisdiction to review discretionary decision to deny cancellation of removal).

Zuniga has not established a due process violation based on his contention that his former immigration attorney provided ineffective assistance. See Tamang v. Holder, 598 F.3d 1083, 1090-91 (9th Cir.2010) (requiring compliance with Matter of Lozada requirements where ineffectiveness of counsel is not plain on the face of the record).

We deny Zuniga’s motion to augment the administrative record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.