Case Name: Gabriel Ramirez Santa CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-21
Citations: 168 F. App'x 205
Docket Number: No. 04-71936
Parties: Gabriel Ramirez Santa CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 168
Pages: 205–206

Head Matter:
Gabriel Ramirez Santa CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-71936.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 13, 2006.
Decided Feb. 21, 2006.
Philippe Dwelshauvers, Esq., Fresno, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Allen W. Hausman, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Gabriel Ramirez Santa Cruz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming an immigration judge's denial of his application for cancel lation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary determination that Cruz did not establish good moral character. See Moran v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2005) (indicating that a good moral character determination is only reviewable where it falls under or is based upon one of the per se statutory exclusions contained in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f)). We decline to consider whether Cruz established the requisite continuous physical presence because his failure to establish good moral character is dispositive. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l); Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 889 (9th Cir.2003) (noting that an applicant must establish continuous physical presence, good moral character, and hardship to qualify for relief).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.