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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            DEC 20 2016

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CORNELIO CIPRIANO ALONZO-                        No.   14-73436
LOPEZ,
                                                 Agency No. A205-056-114
              Petitioner,

 v.                                              MEMORANDUM*

LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

              Respondent.

                     On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                         Board of Immigration Appeals

                            Submitted December 14, 2016**

Before:      WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

      Cornelio Cipriano Alonzo-Lopez, a native and citizen of Guatemala,

petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order

dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. Our

jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
constitutional violations. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 620 (9th Cir.

2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

      Alonzo-Lopez contends that his hearing did not comport with due process

because the IJ allegedly did not make clear to him that his representative was not

an attorney. Contrary to this contention, the record shows that Alonzo-Lopez

received a fundamentally fair hearing that allowed him to reasonably present his

case, where the IJ sufficiently questioned Alonzo-Lopez regarding potentially

applicable forms of relief from removal, Alonzo-Lopez expressly testified that he

did not fear return to Guatemala, and he did not indicate any other basis for relief

in response to the IJ’s questions. See id. at 620-21 (“The BIA’s decision will be

reversed on due process grounds if (1) the proceeding was so fundamentally unfair

that the alien was prevented from reasonably presenting his case, and (2) the alien

demonstrates prejudice, which means that the outcome of the proceeding may have

been affected by the alleged violation.” (internal citation and quotation marks

omitted)).

      To the extent petitioner raises a regulatory violation, a violation of his right

to counsel, or a challenge to the requirements of Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec.

637 (BIA 1988), this court lacks jurisdiction to consider these unexhausted

contentions. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010).

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      We also lack jurisdiction to consider Alonzo-Lopez’ contention that his case

should be remanded for consideration of prosecutorial discretion. See Vilchiz-Soto

v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir. 2012) (order).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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