Case Name: Jorge Luis REYES-PUENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-29
Citations: 520 F. App'x 587
Docket Number: No. 09-72896
Parties: Jorge Luis REYES-PUENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: NOONAN, WARDLAW, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 520
Pages: 587–588

Head Matter:
Jorge Luis REYES-PUENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72896.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 6, 2013.
Filed May 29, 2013.
Lenore A. Ceithaml, Law Office of Lenore A. Ceithaml, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Dalin Riley Holyoak, Esquire, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: NOONAN, WARDLAW, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Luis Reyes-Puente ("Reyes"), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary determination that Reyes failed to demonstrate that his removal would result in "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" to his qualifying relatives. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir.2005); see also Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003) ("We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary determination that an alien failed to satisfy the 'exceptional and extremely unusual hardship' requirement for cancellation of removal.").
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 to review the BIA's determination that Reyes failed to establish ten years of continuous physical presence in the United States. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination. See Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 851 (9th Cir.2004). While Reyes presented some evidence that he entered the United States prior to May of 1996, his inconsistent testimony on this point does not compel the conclusion that he established the requisite ten years of continuous physical presence in the United States. See Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th Cir.1997) ("To obtain reversal, petitioner must show that 'the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it.' ") (citing I.N.S. v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992)).
Reyes's contentions that the BIA required him to provide corroboration in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(4)(B) and that the BIA applied an incorrect hardship standard to his application for cancellation of removal are not supported by the record. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir.2009) (dismissing the petitioner's claims that the BIA performed a deficient hardship analysis on the grounds that the record "patently belie[d]" the claim). The BIA applied the correct hardship standard, see id., but determined that Reyes had failed to meet his burden of proof.
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.