Case Name: Mervyn Francis ALS-McLISTER, aka Mervin Francis, aka Mervyn Francis McLister-Als, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-02
Citations: 633 F. App'x 660
Docket Number: No. 14-70656
Parties: Mervyn Francis ALS-McLISTER, aka Mervin Francis, aka Mervyn Francis McLister-Als, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 633
Pages: 660–660

Head Matter:
Mervyn Francis ALS-McLISTER, aka Mervin Francis, aka Mervyn Francis McLister-Als, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-70656.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 24, 2016.
Filed March 2, 2016.
Mervyn Francis Als-Mclister, East Orange, NJ, pro se.
Melissa Katherine Lott, Trial, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, 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
Mervyn Francis Als-McLister, a native and citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, petitions' pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for special rule cancellation of removal under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ("VAWA"). See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence factual determinations. Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 345 F.3d 824, 832 (9th Cir.2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Als-McLister failed to establish he had been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by his U.S.citizen spouse. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2)(A)(i); Hernandez, 345 F.3d at 840 ("extreme cruelty" is not "mere unkindness" and must rise to a level of an "extreme concept of domestic violence" in which a spouse engaged in "manipulative tactics aimed at ensuring the batterer's dominance and control").
We do not consider Als-McLister's challenge to his bond determination, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(d) (IJ's consideration of an alien's application or request regarding custody or bond "shall be separate and apart from . any deportation or removal hearing or proceeding"), any request for prosecutorial discretion, see Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order), or evidence regarding the 1-130 visa petition Als-McLister's sister filed on his behalf, see Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (the court's review is limited to the administrative record).
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Als-McLister's remaining contention regarding hardship.
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.