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Yolanda PAREDES-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-60550
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    June 9, 2006.
    Charles Howard Portz, Portz & Portz, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
    
      Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Elizabeth J. Stevens, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, No-rah Ascoli Schwarz, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Hipólito Acosta, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
    Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Yolanda Paredes-Ramirez, a citizen of Mexico, petitions this court for review of an order pretermitting her application for adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident and ordering her removal to Mexico. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed the order of the immigration judge (IJ).

Paredes-Ramirez argues that the BIA erred by determining that she was not eligible for adjustment of status and that the IJ erred by failing to properly adjudicate her application for permission to reapply for admission. Because Paredes-Ramirez was inadmissible pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(I), the BIA did not act arbitrarily when it determined that Paredes-Ramirez was not eligible for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i)(1)(A)(i). Mortera-Cruz v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 246, 255-56 (5th Cir.2005). Because Paredes-Ramirez did not challenge the adjudication of her application for permission to reapply for admission when she was before the BIA, that issue is not cognizable in this court. Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 137 (5th Cir.2004). Even if we were to review that claim, Paredes-Ramirez would not be entitled to relief because she has failed to make an initial showing of substantial prejudice. Anwar v. INS, 116 F.3d 140, 144 (5th Cir.1997).

Paredes-Ramirez’s petition for review is DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.