Case Name: Gerardo HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-07-31
Citations: 43 F. App'x 140
Docket Number: No. 01-71372; INS No. A76-705-129
Parties: Gerardo HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 43
Pages: 140–141

Head Matter:
Gerardo HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 01-71372.
INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2002.
Decided July 31, 2002.
Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Gerardo Hernandez-Castaneda, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision upholding an immigration judge's denial of his motion to terminate removal proceedings because he should have a right, pursuant to international human rights law, to live and work wherever he chooses. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a), and deny the petition for review.
The BIA properly upheld denial of Hernandez-Casteneda's motion to terminate removal proceedings because "[i]n enacting statutes, Congress is not bound by international law; if it chooses to do so, it may legislate contrary to the limits posed by international law." See Alvarez-Mendez v. Stock, 941 F.2d 956, 963 (9th Cir.1991) (quotation and citation omitted).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.