Court Opinion

ID: 9392490
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-05 00:00:38.208472+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:46.125254
License: Public Domain

Case: 22-60463         Document: 00516739058             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/04/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-60463
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                     May 4, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   Jose Argeta-Ciera,                                                                  Clerk

                                                                                  Petitioner,

                                             versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                                Respondent.
                      ______________________________

                         Petition for Review of an Order of the
                             Board of Immigration Appeals
                               Agency No. A216 075 192
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Jose Argeta-Ciera, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
   review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) decision dismissing his
   appeal from the immigration judge denial of his application for cancellation
   of removal. We review de novo whether jurisdiction exists to decide an issue.
   Arulnanthy v. Garland, 17 F.4th 586, 592 (5th Cir. 2021).

         _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-60463      Document: 00516739058           Page: 2     Date Filed: 05/04/2023

                                     No. 22-60463

          On review, Argeta-Ciera argues that the BIA erred in determining that
   he failed to establish the requisite hardship to his relatives in order to qualify
   for cancellation of removal. We lack the jurisdiction to review the denial of
   certain types of discretionary relief, including cancellation of removal under
   8 U.S.C. § 1229b. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i). The hardship determination
   for cancellation of removal “is a discretionary and authoritative decision”
   that “is beyond [this court’s] review” pursuant to § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i).
   Castillo-Gutierrez v. Garland, 43 F.4th 477, 481 (5th Cir. 2022).
          Accordingly, Argeta-Ciera’s petition for review is DISMISSED.
   The Government’s motion to dismiss is DENIED as moot.

                                               2