Case Name: Fernando TANTALEAN-BERA, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-06-17
Citations: 282 F. App'x 182
Docket Number: No. 07-2525
Parties: Fernando TANTALEAN-BERA, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES.
Judges: Before: AMBRO, FISHER and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 282
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
Fernando TANTALEAN-BERA, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES.
No. 07-2525.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) June 4, 2008.
Opinion filed: June 17, 2008.
Micaela M. Alvarez, Esq., Union City, NJ, for Petitioner.
Richard M. Evans, Esq., Cindy S. Ferrier, Esq., Brendan P. Hogan, Esq., Brooke M. Maurer, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Le igation, Washington, DC, for Attorney General of the United States.
Before: AMBRO, FISHER and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Fernando Tantalean-Bera seeks review of a final order of removal. We will dismiss the petition for review.
Tantalean-Bera is a native and citizen of Peru. He entered the United States without inspection in April, 1994. The Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice to Appear on November 28, 2004, stating that Tantalean-Bera was in violation of INA § 212(a)(6)(A)(i). Tantalean-Bera conceded removability and applied for cancellation of removal under INA § 240A(b)(l) on April 27, 2005. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") held a hearing on March 1, 2006, and denied the application for cancellation of removal, concluding that Tantalean-Bera had failed to meet the statutory criteria. Tantalean-Bera appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), which dismissed his appeal. The BIA found no error in the IJ's determination that Tantalean-Bera's wife would not suffer exceptional hardship "beyond that which ordinarily would be expected to result from the [petitioner's] removal." BIA op. Determining that failure to satisfy this factor alone rendered Tantalean-Bera ineligible for cancellation of removal, the BIA declined to reach any other issue that he had raised.
In his petition for review, Tantalean-Bera raises two arguments: (1) that the IJ violated his right to due process by engaging in biased questioning; and (2) that the BIA erred in affirming the IJ's determination that he was not entitled to cancellation of removal because he had not demonstrated that his removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his spouse.
We cannot consider Tantalean-Bera's argument that the IJ's manner of questioning violated due process because he failed to raise this issue before the BIA. See Bonhometre v. Gonzales, 414 F.3d 442, 447-48 (3d Cir.2005).
Denials of discretionary relief are not subject to judicial review. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B). Whether an alien will suffer "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship," as required for cancellation of removal, is precisely such a discretionary determination. Mendez-Moranchel v. Ashcroft, 338 F.3d 176, 179 (3d Cir.2003). We lack jurisdiction to review the discretionary decision that Tantalean-Bera failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D).
As Tantalean-Bera has presented no issue that we may review, we will dismiss his petition for review.
. An alien seeking cancellation of removal must show that: (1) the alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 10 years immediately preceding the date of the alien's application for cancellation of removal; (2) the alien has been a person of good moral character during such period; (3) the alien has not been convicted of a criminal offense; and (4) the alien's removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien's spouse, parent or child who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(A)-(D).