Case Name: Cesar Jeronimo GOMEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-06
Citations: 436 F. App'x 759
Docket Number: No. 10-71486
Parties: Cesar Jeronimo GOMEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 436
Pages: 759–760

Head Matter:
Cesar Jeronimo GOMEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71486.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 24, 2011.
Filed June 6, 2011.
Michelle Gonzalez, Esquire, Michelle Gonzalez, Inc., Huntington Park, CA, for Petitioner.
Francis William Fraser, I, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, 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
Cesar Jeronimo Gomez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his applications for a waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h) and for adjustment of status. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, including due process claims, Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The IJ did not use an incorrect legal standard in concluding that Gomez's conviction under California Penal Code § 245(a)(1) constituted a "violent or dangerous crime" requiring him to meet a heightened hardship standard. See 8 C.F.R. § 1212.7(d); Tokatly v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 613, 621 (9th Cir.2004) (the agency may "look to probative evidence outside the record of conviction in inquiring as to the circumstances surrounding the commission of a crime in order to determine whether a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted") (alterations and citation omitted). We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ's discretionary determination that Gomez's conviction constituted a violent or dangerous crime. Mejia v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 991, 999 (9th Cir.2007).
Gomez's contention that the IJ violated due process by considering impermissible factors and by disregarding some of his hardship evidence is not supported by the record.
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.