Opinion ID: 666391
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Heading: Right to Counsel & Detention

Text: 15 To the extent that Mustafa contends that he was denied his right to counsel, we are unable to consider this claim because it was not presented to the BIA. See id. Failure to raise an issue in an appeal to the BIA constitutes a failure to exhaust remedies with respect to that question and deprives this court of jurisdiction to hear the matter. Id. 16 To the extent that Mustafa challenges the length of his detention, we lack jurisdiction to consider this claim. Our jurisdiction to entertain appeals from the BIA is confined to final orders of deportation ... made agaisnt aliens within the United States pursuant to administrative proceedings under [8 U.S.C. Sec.] 1252(b).... See 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a). Detention hearings are conducted by an IJ, and such hearings are separate and apart from proceedings to determine an alien's deportability. See 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1252(a); 8 C.F.R. Secs. 3.19, 242.2(d). A separate agency review process exists for the appeal of an IJ's detention determination. 4 See 8 C.F.R. Secs. 3.38, 242.2(d). Thus, because detention issues are not a part of the deportation proceeding, we have no jurisdiction to review Mustafa's petition as to that issue. See 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a); 8 C.F.R. Sec. 3.19, 3.38, 242.2(d); Matter of P--C--M--, Int.Dec. 3165, at 3 n. 1 (BIA 1991); accord Young v. United States Dep't of Justice, 759 F.2d 450, 457 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 996 (1985). 17 PETITION DENIED.