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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                         FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        DEC 19 2022
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MANUEL ARREOLA-SOSA, Ignacio                    No.    19-70009
Arreola-Sosa,
                                                Agency No. A201-290-074
                Petitioner,

 v.                                             MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

                Respondent.

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

                          Submitted December 8, 2022**

Before:      WALLACE, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

      Manuel Arreola-Sosa, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal

from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for

cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

      *
             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).
review de novo questions of law, including claims of due process violations in

immigration proceedings. Padilla-Martinez v. Holder, 770 F.3d 825, 830 (9th Cir.

2014). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

      We lack jurisdiction to review the discretionary determination that Arreola-

Sosa did not demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a

qualifying relative for purposes of cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252(a)(2)(B); Patel v. Garland, 142 S. Ct. 1614, 1622-23 (2022) (where the

BIA denies a form of relief listed in 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i), federal courts

have jurisdiction to review constitutional claims and questions of law but not

factual findings and discretionary decisions). In light of this disposition, we need

not reach Arreola-Sosa’s remaining contentions regarding whether his convictions

are disqualifying offenses for purposes of cancellation of removal. See Simeonov

v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004) (courts and agencies are not required

to decide issues unnecessary to the results they reach). Thus, we dismiss the

petition for review as to Arreola-Sosa’s cancellation of removal claim.

      To the extent Arreola-Sosa contends that the IJ violated due process in

failing to advise him of apparent eligibility for relief, he has not shown error. See

Padilla-Martinez, 770 F.3d at 830 (“To prevail on a due-process claim, a petitioner

must demonstrate both a violation of rights and prejudice.”); see also Zamorano v.

Garland, 2 F.4th 1213, 1223 (9th Cir. 2021) (IJ did not have a duty to advise

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noncitizen of apparent eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal where he

did not express a fear of persecution that could support a plausible claim for relief).

      The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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