Case Name: Maria Martina MUNOZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-27
Citations: 312 F. App'x 643
Docket Number: No. 08-60233
Parties: Maria Martina MUNOZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 312
Pages: 643–644

Head Matter:
Maria Martina MUNOZ, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-60233
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 27, 2009.
J. Jesus Rios, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Jonathan A. Robbins, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Maria Martina Munoz, a citizen and national of Guatemala, seeks a petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her application for hardship cancellation of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b as well as special rule cancellation under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central America Relief Act, Pub.L. No. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2160, 2193-97 (1997), amended by Pub.L. No. 105-139, 111 Stat. 2644 (1997) (NA-CARA). We dismiss the petition in part for lack of jurisdiction and deny the petition in part. Although Munoz separately filed a petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen, she does not address that ruling in her brief or any supplemental filing and thus has abandoned any challenge to that ruling. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir.2003).
We generally review only the BIA's decision except to the extent that the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) influences the BIA. Mikhael v. INS, 115 F.3d 299, 302 (5th Cir.1997). With respect to the determination that Munoz failed to demonstrate the "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" required under § 1229b, we lack jurisdiction to review this purely discretionary determination. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)©; Sung v. Keisler, 505 F.3d 372, 377 (5th Cir.2007); Rueda v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 831, 831 (5th Cir.2004). We reject Munoz's attempt to recast what amounts to a disagreement with the weighing and consideration of the relevant factors by the IJ as a constitutional or legal issue. See Hadwani v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 798, 801 (5th Cir.2006).
With respect to the determination that Munoz did not meet the statutory eligibility requirements for special rule cancellation, we have jurisdiction to review a non-discretionary application of law to facts. See, e.g., Mireles-Valdez v. Ashcroft, 349 F.3d 213, 215 (5th Cir.2003). The evidence does not compel the conclusion that Munoz satisfied the requirements. See § 1252(b)(4)(B); 8 C.F.R. § 1240.61, 1240.62; Tamara-Gomez v. Gonzales, 447 F.3d 343, 347 (5th Cir.2006). Thus, we deny the petition for review on this issue.
DISMISSED IN PART FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION; DENIED IN PART.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.