Case Name: Jose Manuel CARRASCO-ESCOBAR, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-11-03
Citations: 670 F. App'x 538
Docket Number: No. 15-71015
Parties: Jose Manuel CARRASCO-ESCOBAR, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 670
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
Jose Manuel CARRASCO-ESCOBAR, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-71015
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 25, 2016
Filed November 03, 2016
James B, Rudolph, Rudolph, Baker & Associates, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Janette L. Allen, Esquire, Trial Attorney, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Manuel Carrasco-Escobar, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and claims of due process violations. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not err or violate due process by pretermitting Carrasco-Esco-bar's application for cancellation of removal, where he lacked any qualifying relatives at the time of his final removal hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D), 1101(b)(1); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (petitioner must show error and prejudice to establish a due process violation); De Mercado v. Mukasey, 566 F.3d 810, 816 n.5 (9th Cir. 2009) ("[N]o authority . suggests] that the Constitution provides . a fundamental right to reside in the United States simply because other [family members] are citizens or lawful permanent residents.").
We lack jurisdiction to consider Carras-co-Escobar's unexhausted contention regarding the preservation of his son's status as a qualifying relative. See Tijani v. Hold er, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010) (the court lacks jurisdiction to consider legal claims not presented in an alien's administrative proceedings before the agency).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.