Case Name: Santa Cruz ROJAS, aka Gustavo Aguilera, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-23
Citations: 668 F. App'x 301
Docket Number: No. 14-71715
Parties: Santa Cruz ROJAS, aka Gustavo Aguilera, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 668
Pages: 301–302

Head Matter:
Santa Cruz ROJAS, aka Gustavo Aguilera, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-71715
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted August 16, 2016
Filed August 23, 2016
Santa Cruz Rojas, Azusa, CA, Pro Se.
Matthew Albert Connelly, Trial Attorney, OIL, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, San Francisco, CA.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, 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
Santa Cruz Rojas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations. Cruz Rendon v. Holder, 603 F.3d 1104, 1109 (9th Cir. 2010). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary determination that Rojas failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005). Although the court would retain jurisdiction over colorable questions of law and constitutional claims, Rojas' contention that the BIA failed to show proper consideration of all factors is not supported by the record. See id. ("To be colorable in this context, . the claim must have some possible validity."); see also Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010) (agency need not "write an exegesis on every contention" (internal citation omitted)).
Rojas' due process contentions regarding the transcription of his April 20, 2012, hearing fail for lack of prejudice, where Rojas has not shown that the alleged delay may have affected the outcome of his proceedings. See Cruz Rendon, 603 F.3d at 1109 ("In order to prevail on [a due process] claim, the alien . must show prejudice, 'which means that the outcome of the proceeding may have been affected by the alleged violation.' " (citation omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.