Case Name: Manuel Balbuena RIVERA, a.k.a. Manuel Rivera-Balbuena, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-26
Citations: 389 F. App'x 678
Docket Number: No. 06-73815
Parties: Manuel Balbuena RIVERA, a.k.a. Manuel Rivera-Balbuena, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 678–679

Head Matter:
Manuel Balbuena RIVERA, a.k.a. Manuel Rivera-Balbuena, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-73815.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 26, 2010.
Manuel Balbuena Rivera, Eloy, AZ, pro se.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Manuel Palau, Gregory Darrell Mack, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, 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
Manuel Balbuena Rivera, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for re view of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for lawful permanent resident cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review Balbuena Rivera's contention that the IJ erred in finding him removable because he failed to raise that issue before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (exhaustion is generally mandatory and jurisdictional); see also Abebe v. Mukasey, 554 F.3d 1203, 1207-08 (9th Cir.2009) (en banc) (issues raised in the notice of appeal but not argued in the brief to BIA are not exhausted).
We also lack jurisdiction to review the IJ's discretionary denial of Balbuena Rivera's application for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)®.
The IJ did not err by considering evidence outside the record of conviction to determine whether discretion should be favorably exercised. See Tokatly v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 613, 621 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.