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Case: 22-60326        Document: 00516655491             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/24/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-60326
                                    Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                    ____________                              February 24, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
   Juan Alberto Ramos-Alanis,                                                        Clerk

                                                                                Petitioner,

                                            versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                              Respondent.
                     ______________________________

                        Petition for Review of an Order of the
                            Board of Immigration Appeals
                              Agency No. A208 698 696
                     ______________________________

   Before Barksdale, Higginson, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Juan Alberto Ramos-Alanis, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions
   for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissing his appeal
   from an order of the Immigration Judge denying his applications for
   cancellation of removal and voluntary departure. We lack jurisdiction to
   consider each of Ramos’ claims.

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-60326      Document: 00516655491           Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/24/2023

                                     No. 22-60326

          First, he challenges the BIA’s finding his removal would not cause the
   requisite exceptional and unusual hardship for his children. The Supreme
   Court, however, has “[made it] clear that the BIA’s determination that a
   citizen would face exceptional and extremely unusual hardship is an
   authoritative decision . . . beyond our review”. Castillo-Gutierrez v. Garland,
   43 F.4th 477, 481 (5th Cir. 2022).
          Regarding his voluntary-departure claim, he contends he established
   his intent to depart the United States and the requisite good moral character.
   Our court lacks jurisdiction to consider factual challenges with respect to the
   denial of voluntary departure. 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(f); see Sattani v. Holder, 749
   F.3d 368, 373 (5th Cir. 2014) (where petitioner “presents no constitutional
   question or question of law . . . we lack jurisdiction to consider” challenge to
   denial of voluntary departure).
          Finally, to the extent Ramos appears to assert his notice to appear was
   defective (he makes this assertion in the factual section of his opening brief,
   but does not expand on it in his argument section), that claim was not
   presented to the BIA; therefore, it is unexhausted. E.g., Lopez-Dubon v.
   Holder, 609 F.3d 642, 644 (5th Cir. 2010) (“An alien’s failure to exhaust
   administrative remedies is a jurisdictional bar to our consideration of an
   issue.”).
          DISMISSED.

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