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r e m a n d t h i s c a s e a n d o r d e r t h e B I A t o r u l e o n t h e s e c o n d m o t i o n

. A s t h e B I A

h a s a l r e a d y i s s u e d a r u l i n g o n t h a t m o t i o n , H a q ’ s a r g u m e n t i s m o o t

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P E T I T I O N S F O R R E V I E W D E N I E D i n p a r t a n d D I S M I S S E D i n p a r t

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Altho ugh Ha q conc ede s our lack of juris dic tio n, he nevert heles s argues that we may 1

revie w the BIA’s reas ons for refus ing to exerc ise its sua sp onte autho rit y, cit ing Cruz v. Att’y

Ge n. , 452 F.3d 240, 250 (3d Cir. 2 0 0 6 ) ( q u e s t ioning wh ethe r the BIA coul d, wi thou t expla natio n or reas on, dep art fr om an allege dly se ttl ed pr act ice of reo peni ng pr oc ee dings wh en

an alien coul d dem ons tra te that his “co nvict ion wa s vacat ed unde r” In re Pic ker ing

, 23 I. & N.

De c. 621, 624 (B. I.A. 2003))

. Ha q’s cas e is dist inguis hable from Cruz

. Ha q allege s that he is

not sub ject to dep ort atio n beca use he is enti tle d t o an adjus tm ent of st atus

. Ha q doe s not allege that his dep ort atio n ord er is invalid in light of a vacat ed convic tio n, and Ha q has not
sho wn that the BIA has a se ttl ed pr act ice of reo peni ng pr oce edi ngs that chall enge adjus tm ent
of s tat us de cis ions . Accor dingly, we need no t dec ide w heth er to ado pt t he reas oning of Cruz

beca use , in any event

, its hold ing is inap plic able to this cas e. See V a s o v

. Att’y Ge n. , 264 F. App ’x 1 61, 162 n.1 (3d Cir

. 2008) ( unpub lis hed) ( dis tinguis hing Cruz on a s im ilar bas is)

.

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