Case Name: Jorge BALTAZAR-ZUNIGA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-03-12
Citations: 269 F. App'x 759
Docket Number: No. 05-77128
Parties: Jorge BALTAZAR-ZUNIGA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 269
Pages: 759–760

Head Matter:
Jorge BALTAZAR-ZUNIGA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-77128.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 26, 2008.
Filed March 12, 2008.
Jorge Baltazar-Zuniga, Anaheim, CA, for Petitioner.
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, Thomas Fatouros, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Baltazar-Zuniga, a citizen of Mexico and legal permanent resident of the United States, petitions pro se for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("U") order finding him inadmissible for alien smuggling, and denying his application for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005), and review for substantial evidence the agency's findings of fact, Moran v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's determination that Baltazar-Zuniga was removable and that his actions constituted alien smuggling as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(E)(i), because he "provided some form of affirmative assistance to the illegally entering alien." Altamirano, 427 F.3d at 592.
We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ's decision to deny Baltazar-Zuniga's application for cancellation of removal as a matter of discretion. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 890 (9th Cir.2003) (stating the court lacks jurisdiction to consider "all discretionary decisions involved in the cancellation of removal context, including the ultimate discretionary decision to deny relief."); see also Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 654-55 (9th Cir. 2007) (absent a legal or constitutional question, the court lacks jurisdiction to review agency discretionary determinations).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.