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Howard Ishmael GERALD, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-72863.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted March 12, 2007 .
    Filed March 21, 2007.
    Howard Ishmael Gerald, Eloy, AZ, pro se.
    Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: KOZINSKI, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Howard Ishmael Gerald, a native and citizen of Montserrat, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying cancellation of removal.

We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s decision denying Gerald’s application for cancellation of removal based on the discretionary determination that the negative factors outweighed the positive factors in Gerald’s record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); see also Gomez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 882, 884 (9th Cir. 2005) (noting that judicial review is precluded with respect to decisions that constitute an exercise of discretion).

Because we do not have jurisdiction over the discretionary denial of Gerald’s cancellation of removal application, we do not consider his challenge to the BIA’s streamlining procedure. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 855 (9th Cir.2003).

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