Case Name: Soeroedjpersad BOEDHOE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-01-18
Citations: 456 F. App'x 28
Docket Number: No. 11-1931-ag
Parties: Soeroedjpersad BOEDHOE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: RICHARD C. WESLEY, PETER W. HALL, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 456
Pages: 28–29

Head Matter:
Soeroedjpersad BOEDHOE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-1931-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 18, 2012.
James A. Welcome, Waterbury, CT, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; David V. Bernal, Assistant Director; Tiffany L. Walters, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: RICHARD C. WESLEY, PETER W. HALL, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Soeroedjpersad Boedhoe, a native of Suriname and citizen of the Netherlands, seeks review of an April 8, 2011 order of the BIA, affirming the April 14, 2010 decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Michael W. Straus, which denied his applications for waivers of inadmissibility. In re Soeroedjpersad Boedhoe, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Apr. 8, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. Hartford Apr. 14, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed the decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). Because Boedhoe is challenging the denial of discretionary relief, we have jurisdiction to review only constitutional claims and questions of law. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B), (D); Camara v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 497 F.3d 121, 122-23 (2d Cir.2007).
Boedhoe challenges the agency's determination that he is inadmissible under Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") § 212(a)(9)(C) (codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(C)) and that he failed to establish his entitlement to a waiver of inadmissibility under either INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) (codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(B)(v)) or INA § 212(i) (codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i)). However, we lack jurisdiction to consider Boedhoe's challenge to the agency's denial of his applications for waivers of inadmissibility, which merely quarrel over the correctness of the agency's discretionary hardship determination. See Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 329 (2d Cir .2006).
Although Boedhoe asserts that the agency committed numerous legal errors in determining that he failed to show that the denial of his admission to the United States would result in extreme hardship to his lawful permanent resident spouse, we have rejected attempts to frame disagreements over the agency's exercise of discretion as questions of law. See, e.g., Barco-Sandoval v. Gonzales, 516 F.3d 35, 39-40 (2d Cir.2008). For example, while Boe-dhoe argues that the agency "failed to take [his wife's] significant medical issues into consideration," and that this "factor alone should lead the Court to remand," the BIA explicitly found that Boedhoe had "not established that [his wife] would be unable to obtain adequate medical treatment in the Netherlands." In re Soeroedjpersad Boe-dhoe, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Apr. 8, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. Hartford Apr. 14, 2010). Similarly, Boe-dhoe argues that the agency "was dismissive of [his] wife's assistance of her father while he suffers from a medical condition"; however, the agency explicitly determined that "there is no evidence that her remaining siblings in the United States could not provide adequate care." Id. Boedhoe also asserts that the IJ failed to properly aggregate the hardship factors, but ignores the BIA's decision explicitly considering the hardship factors in the aggregate. See id. Therefore, because Boedhoe merely quarrels with the agency's conclusion that a waiver was not warranted as a matter of discretion, we lack jurisdiction to review his arguments. See Xiao Ji Chen, 471 F.3d at 326-29.
Lastly, Boedhoe's argument that the BIA erred by declining to reach the IJ's alternative inadmissibility finding under INA § 212(a)(9)(C), is without merit. See INS v. Bagamasbad, 429 U.S. 24, 25, 97 S.Ct. 200, 50 L.Ed.2d 190 (1976) (per cu-riam).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DISMISSED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot.