Case Name: Firas KALALIB, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-08-01
Citations: 193 F. App'x 306
Docket Number: No. 05-60663
Parties: Firas KALALIB, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 193
Pages: 306–307

Head Matter:
Firas KALALIB, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-60663.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Aug. 1, 2006.
Joshua Turin, Turin, Turin & Olinger, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Anne M. Estrada, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Dallas, TX, Ann Carroll Varnon, John Clifford Cunningham, Luis Enrique Perez, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Firas Kalalib, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions this court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge's denial of his applications for waivers of inadmissibility and adjustment of status. First Kalalib asserts that the immigration judge (IJ) erred in requiring him to establish that his wife would suffer extreme hardship if he were deported in order to obtain a waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h). The IJ did not err in requiring Kalalib to meet the requirements of § 1182(h)(1)(B). He does not qualify for a waiver under subparagraph (A) under the statute's plain language because the IJ determined that he is inadmissible under both § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(D) and § 1182(a)(6)(C)(i). See § 1182(h)(1)(A).
In the alternative, Kalalib asserts that he did establish that his wife would suffer extreme hardship upon his deportation, such that he is entitled to waivers of inadmissibility under § 1182(h) and (i). We are precluded from considering this issue by 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B), which bars judicial review of the IJ's discretionary determinations under § 1182(h) and (i).
Kalalib also asserts two arguments that he failed to raise before the BIA: that the IJ violated his Due Process rights in finding that he had committed visa fraud and that the IJ ignored BIA precedent in denying his application for adjustment of status. Because Kalalib failed to exhaust these issues, we do not have jurisdiction to consider them. See § 1252(d)(1); Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 137 (5th Cir.2004).
Finally, Kalalib asserts that the IJ erred in considering his prior arrests in exercising his discretion. This court lacks jurisdiction to review the bases for discretionary determinations under § 1182(h) & (i) and § 1255. See § 1252(a)(2)(B)®.
The petition for review is DENIED.
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.