Case Name: Rigoberto CRUZ-AZPETIA, AKA Rigoberto Azpetia-Cruz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-12-23
Citations: 672 F. App'x 715
Docket Number: No. 15-71162
Parties: Rigoberto CRUZ-AZPETIA, AKA Rigoberto Azpetia-Cruz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 672
Pages: 715–716

Head Matter:
Rigoberto CRUZ-AZPETIA, AKA Rigoberto Azpetia-Cruz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-71162
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted December 14, 2016
Filed December 23, 2016
Murray David Hilts, Law Offices of Murray D. Hilts, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner
Briena Strippoli, Esquire, Trial Attorney, Juria L. Jones, Trial Attorney, 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: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, 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
Rigoberto Cruz-Azpetia, 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 decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo constitutional claims and questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary determination that Cruz-Azpetia failed to show the requisite exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005).
Cruz-Azpetia's contentions that the BIA violated due process or erred by allegedly failing to properly apply the correct legal standard in its hardship analysis, neglecting relevant precedent, or ignoring arguments are not supported by the record. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010) (BIA need not "write an exegesis on every contention" (citation and quotation marks omitted)); Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir. 2009) (concluding that the BIA applies the correct legal standard where it expressly cites and applies relevant ease law in rendering its decision); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on due process claim).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Cruz-Azpetia's remaining contentions regarding good moral character. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1); Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004) (the court need not reach a contention when another dispositive determination has been made).
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.