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Parties Involved:
Alberto Gonzales
Respondent
Xiong Huang
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2724

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Xiong Huang, * 

* 

Petitioner, *

* Petition for Review of a Final

v. * Decision of the Board of 

* Immigration Appeals.

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General * 

of the United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED]

* 

Respondent. *

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Submitted: February 16, 2007

Filed: April 4, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Xiong Huang, a native and citizen of China, petitioned for asylum. The

Immigration Judge (IJ) denied his asylum petition. The Board of Immigration Appeals

(BIA) affirmed. Huang now seeks review. We deny the petition for review.

Huang entered the United States illegally. He originally petitioned for asylum

in 1994. After obtaining new counsel, he filed a second petition in 1998, requesting

an adjustment of status based upon his recent marriage to a naturalized American

citizen. The second asylum petition also claimed that Huang would be persecuted if

returned to China because he opposed the nation's one-child policy. The IJ found that

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Huang's persecution claim lacked credibility. The IJ also refused to grant Huang the

adjustment of status and denied his petition for asylum.

Huang appeals, challenging only the IJ's refusal to grant him an adjustment of

status. Adjustment of status is entirely within the discretion of the Attorney General.

Alvarez-Portillo v. Ashcroft, 280 F.3d 858, 862 (8th Cir. 2002); 8 U.S.C. § 1255.

Congress has stripped the courts of jurisdiction to review decisions executed pursuant

to that discretion. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) ("[N]o court shall have jurisdiction to

review . . . any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1255 of this

title . . . "); Grass v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 876, 878 (8th Cir. 2005). Because we lack

jurisdiction to review the Attorney General's discretionary decision to deny an

adjustment of status, Huang's petition is dismissed. 

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