Case Name: Jorge Martinez ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-10
Citations: 259 F. App'x 34
Docket Number: No. 06-71427
Parties: Jorge Martinez ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 259
Pages: 34–35

Head Matter:
Jorge Martinez ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71427.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 3, 2007.
Filed Dec. 10, 2007.
Jorge Martinez Zamora, Calipatria, CA, pro se.
CAS-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Linda S. Wendtland, Esq., Donald A. Couvillon, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Martinez Zamora, a native and citizen of Mexico and lawful permanent resident of the United States, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him removable for participating in alien smuggling and denying his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review Martinez Zamora's contention that the IJ erred in finding him removable for participating in alien smuggling because he failed to raise that issue before the agency and thereby failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (explaining that this court lacks jurisdiction to review contentions not raised before the agency).
The IJ denied cancellation of removal as a matter of discretion, and we lack jurisdiction to review Martinez Zamora's contention that his case merits a favorable exercise of discretion. See Gomez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 882, 884 (9th Cir. 2005) (noting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)® precludes judicial review of discretionary decisions denying cancellation of removal).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.