Case Name: Francisco Javier GASCA-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-18
Citations: 409 F. App'x 148
Docket Number: No. 07-70507
Parties: Francisco Javier GASCA-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 409
Pages: 148–150

Head Matter:
Francisco Javier GASCA-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-70507.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 13, 2011.
Filed Jan. 18, 2011.
Jeremy Michael Clason, Esquire, Yarra, Kharazi & Associates, Fresno, CA, for Petitioner.
Dalin Riley Holyoak, Esquire, Trial, Charles Canter, Trial, OIL, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The Board of Immigration Appeals' (Board) " 'exceptional and extremely unusual hardship' determination is a subjective, discretionary judgment that has been carved out of our appellate jurisdiction." Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 888 (9th Cir.2003). However, the REAL ID Act restored our appellate jurisdiction to "constitutional claims or questions of law." Figueroa v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 487, 494 (9th Cir.2008).
"Questions of law" include whether the Board did not follow its own precedent and whether it misconstrued the cancellation of removal statute. Id. at 496 ("Because Petitioners argue that the [immigration judge (IJ) ] failed to follow [Board] precedent and misconstrued the statute when determining whether Petitioners had demonstrated 'exceptional and extremely unusual hardship' under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D), we hold that we have jurisdiction to review their challenge"). We review the Board's determination of purely legal and constitutional issues de novo. Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir. 2003). We have jurisdiction to determine our own jurisdiction. Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 397, 403 n. 3, 90 S.Ct. 1207, 25 L.Ed.2d 442 (1970).
I.
The government does not contest Gas-ca's argument that he has exhausted .his administrative remedy, and thus concedes that he has. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996).
Gasea argues that "[t]he Board failed to address a core element of Mr. Gasca's case, specifically, the severity of his daughter [C]'s medical condition." Because the Board did in fact extensively address the severity of Gasca's daughter's medical condition and weighed it in determining whether there was exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, Gasca's argument does not raise a question of law but instead raises an issue of discretion over which we lack jurisdiction. Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005). Furthermore, to the extent Gasca's argument presents a legal question over which we have jurisdiction, Gasea has not demonstrated how the Board "failed to follow [its] precedent" in its weighing of the importance of C's medical condition. Figueroa, 543 F.3d at 496.
Gasea advances only a thin argument that the Board "used the wrong standard of proof for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship by requiring that Mr. Gas-ea demonstrate the complete unavailability of medical treatment or medication in Mexico for [C's] condition." But the Board correctly engaged in a "future-oriented analysis, not an analysis of [C's] present conditions." Id. at 497. By requiring "objective evidence that medical care to treat [C's] condition is not reasonably available in Mexico" (and not, as Gas-ea argues, requiring evidence of the complete unavailability of medical treatment in Mexico), the Board was simply following, its and our precedent. Id. at 498 ("Congress intended that discretion in cancellation of removal cases be exercised on the basis of whether removal would result in an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the citizen-children").
Finally, Gasea incorrectly argues that the Board did not analyze "how or why" In re Andazola-Rivas, 28 I. & N. Dec. 319 (B.I.A.2002), applied to Gasca's case. The Board specifically applied Andazola-Rivas to this case and explained its reasoning.
II.
Because the Board committed no legal error and Gasea "does not contend that [he] was prevented from presenting [his] case before the IJ, denied a full and fair hearing before an impartial adjudicator, or otherwise denied a basic due process right," we reject his due process argument. See Martinez-Rosas, 424 F.3d at 930.
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.