Case Name: Luis MARROQUIN-CASTRO, also known as Luis Manuel Marroquin, 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: 2009-04-23
Citations: 322 F. App'x 409
Docket Number: No. 08-60371
Parties: Luis MARROQUIN-CASTRO, also known as Luis Manuel Marroquin, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 322
Pages: 409–410

Head Matter:
Luis MARROQUIN-CASTRO, also known as Luis Manuel Marroquin, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-60371
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth' Circuit.
April 23, 2009.
Jose W. Vega, Law Office of Jose W. Vega, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Don George Scroggin, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Hipól-ito Acosta, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Luis Marroquin-Castro (Marroquin), a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks a petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for cancellation of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b. We dismiss the petition in part for lack of jurisdiction and deny the petition in part.
We generally review only the BIA's decision except to the extent that the immigration judge's (IJ) decision influences the BIA. Zhu v. Gonzales, 493 F.3d 588, 593 (5th Cir.2007). With respect to the determination that Marroquin failed to demonstrate that his children would suffer an "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" as required under § 1229b(b)(l)(D), we lack jurisdiction to review this purely discretionary decision. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); Sung v. Keisler, 505 F.3d 372, 377 (5th Cir.2007); Rueda v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 831, 831 (5th Cir.2004). We reject Marroquin's attempt to recast what amounts to a disagreement with the weighing and consideration of the relevant factors by the BIA as a legal issue. See Hadwani v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 798, 800-01 (5th Cir.2006). To the extent that Mar-roquin challenges the discretionary denial of his request for cancellation of removal, we dismiss his petition for want of jurisdiction.
Marroquin's argument that the IJ's refusal to admit two handwritten statements violated his due process rights is unavailing. Our review of the record reveals that the IJ granted Marroquin an opportunity to correct the defects in the proffered evidence and also to present additional evidence; however, Marroquin failed to do so. In addition, Marroquin does not provide any evidence that he was prejudiced by the decision to exclude the letters or that the absence of the letters had a substantial effect on the outcome of his hearing. See Ojeda-Terrazas v. Ashcroft, 290 F.3d 292, 302 (5th Cir.2002). Marroquin's due process claim is without merit. Accordingly, we deny his 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.