Case Name: Nestor Jamie ALVAREZ-MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-04-16
Citations: 376 F. App'x 678
Docket Number: No. 07-73270
Parties: Nestor Jamie ALVAREZ-MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 376
Pages: 678–679

Head Matter:
Nestor Jamie ALVAREZ-MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73270.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 5, 2010.
Filed April 16, 2010.
Robert Francis Jacobs, Esquire, Jacobs & Vega, PLC, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for Petitioner.
Kiley L. Kane, Esquire, Trial, John Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, 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
Nestor Jamie Alvarez-Medina, 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 ("IJ") decision denying his application for adjustment of status. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's decision to deny Alvarez-Medina's application for a waiver of inadmissibility under § 212(h) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. See Mejia v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 991, 999 (9th Cir.2007) (8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) precludes the court from reviewing the agency's decision under § 212(h)).
Alvarez-Medina's contention that the IJ applied the incorrect standard in evaluating his § 212(h) application fails because he does not raise a colorable due process challenge on these facts. See Torres-Aguilar v. INS, 246 F.3d 1267, 1270-71 (9th Cir.2001) ("To be colorable . the claim must have some possible validity"); Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430 (9th Cir.1995) (any error committed by the IJ will be rendered harmless by the BIA's application of the correct legal standard).
Alvarez-Medina's contention that the BIA violated his due process rights by relying on the IJ's January 31, 2006, written decision in denying his appeal is unpersuasive. See Lata, 204 F.3d at 1246 (re quiring error and prejudice to prevail on due process claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.