Case Name: Emmanuel Andres SERRANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-23
Citations: 396 F. App'x 420
Docket Number: No. 05-75410
Parties: Emmanuel Andres SERRANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 396
Pages: 420–422

Head Matter:
Emmanuel Andres SERRANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-75410.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
Filed Sept. 23, 2010.
Gary G. Singh, Esquire, Law Office of Gary G. Singh, Honolulu, HI, for Petitioner.
Stephen J. Flynn, Assistant Director, Julie M. Iversen, Anh-Thu P. Mai-Windle, Senior Litigation Counsel, Mark Christopher Walters, Esquire, Assistant Director, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel lee, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, 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
Emmanuel Andres Serrano, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary denial of relief under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (repealed 1996). See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii); Vargas-Hernandez, 497 F.3d at 923 ("Discretionary decisions, including whether or not to grant § 212(c) relief, are not reviewable."). Serrano does not raise a colorable due process challenge to the discretionary determination. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005). Because the discretionary determination is dispositive, we do not reach Serrano's remaining contentions regarding his eligibility for section 212(c) relief.
The BIA did not act ultra vires or violate due process when it remanded Serrano's case to the IJ for entry of an order of removal. See Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1178 (9th Cir.2007) (overruling Molina-Camacho v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 937 (9th Cir.2004) and explaining that the BIA may reinstate an IJ's underlying removal order).
The government's motion to hold proceedings in abeyance is denied as moot.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.