Opinion ID: 792620
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: 8 While 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B) precludes a court's direct review of the Attorney General's discretionary decisions, the court may consider the predicate legal question of whether the IJ properly applied the law to the facts in determining an individual's eligibility to be considered for relief. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 889-90 (9th Cir.2003). The determination of whether an alien has satisfied the continuous physical presence requirement is a factual inquiry guided by legal standards. The decision is non-discretionary, so we retain appellate jurisdiction over the issue. See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1997).